PREDATORY GAMBLING

Presented By Club Meskwaki.org

The Iowa Gambling Prevention and Treatment Program (IGTP)

The Iowa Gambling Prevention and Treatment Program (IGTP) is a program of the Iowa Department of Public Health with the purpose to ensure the well being and safety of Iowans by addressing the dangers of problem gambling and treatment for problem gamblers and their concerned persons. The mission of the IGTP is to minimize the risks and harms associated with problem gambling.

On Iowa Citizens, Businesses & Government

Under 2004 Iowa Acts, House File 2302, section 61, the Iowa Legislative Council issued a request for proposal

(
RFP) for the purpose of commissioning a study on the socioeconomic impact of gambling on Iowans. This proposal is submitted on behalf of Goss & Associates, Economic Solutions in response to that RFP. The discussion below outlines the research methods and data sources that we intend to use to meet the requirements listed in the RFP, as well as other specific issues we will address with Gambling in Iowa.

ClubMeskwaki.org is not associated with Meskwaki Bingo Casino and Hotel or Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa. Thankfully!

GAMBLING AND THE DAMAGE IT CAUSES TO FAMILIES

About 480 of the 1,300 Sac and Fox of the Mississippi in Iowa tribal members live on the settlement, located three miles west of Tama. The tribe purchased the land in Tama County in 1857 and now own over 6,000 acres. Since 1992, the tribe has run one of the largest casino gaming businesses in the state, the Meskwaki Bingo, Casino and Hotel.

2008 NCALG / NCAGE National Conference
Legislators from Gambling States challenged to follow Founders

Alcohol & Drug Dependency
Services of Southeast Iowa, Inc.
1340 Mt. Pleasant Street
Burlington, Iowa 52601
319-753-6567
866-479-9659
Ottumwa
641-682-8741 ext.301
800-622-8340

Eastern Iowa Center for Problem Gambling  

River Hills Recovery/Jackson Recovery Centers  
2928 Hamilton Blvd, Lower "E"
Sioux City, Iowa 51104
712-202-0777
800-472-9018
Cherokee 712-225-5856
Harlan 712-755-9002
Mapleton 712-882-9011
Manning 1-800-656-6372

Last fall, citing abuse of tribal funds and secretive council operations, a group of Sac and Fox, commonly known as Meskwaki, tribal members signed petitions to recall the Tribe's elected council, headed by chairman A. Walker Jr. The elected council initially accepted the petitions, but later rejected them and refused the recall election, saying they felt tribal members had been coerced into signing.

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Petitioning members asked the BIA for assistance, but the agency said they didn't interfere with tribal disputes. So the members met again to vote "no confidence" in the council, citing a morality clause in the tribal constitution. Hereditary Chief Charles Old Bear appointed a new council, which occupied the tribal center and took over government operations on March 26.

PREDATORY GAMBLING

        Don't Gamble!      

 Joe Iowan denounces his gambling problem. "I will never gamble again, the indians cheated me!" Joe is usually denouncing at city hall.

Playing Bingo at Meskwaki can leave you Homeless. Don't Gamble.

CLUB MESKWAKI.org reserves the right to help people learn the ways of corruption and how gambling with indians is a lose - lose situation. Gambling ruins people and their families. Help us stop gambling by sending this link to all who care.