Casinos main source of income for Wisconsin-based tribes

Today, American Indian gaming is the biggest economic engine for the Menominee, and the other 10 Wisconsin tribes.

Twenty-five licensed Class III casinos across Wisconsin generated more than $1 billion for tribes in 2011. About $52 million of that money went to the state of Wisconsin’s coffers, the latest figures from the state show. The Ho-Chunk also operate a Class II bingo-slot facility in Madison.