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Introduction to Michigan Slot Machine Casino Gambling in 2018

Michigan slot machine casino gambling consists of three non-tribal commercial casinos in Detroit and 23 tribal casinos throughout the state. Caesars Windsor is just across the Canadian border from Detroit.

A minimum payout return limit has been legally set for Michigan’s non-tribal casinos. However, no actual payout return statistics are publicly available from either the non-tribal or tribal casinos.

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Relevant Legal Statutes on Gambling in Michigan*

The minimum legal gambling age in Michigan depends upon the gambling activity:

• Land-Based Casinos: 18/21
• Poker Rooms: 18
• Bingo: 18
• Lottery: 18
• Pari-Mutuel Wagering: 18

At land-based casinos, the minimum legal age for gambling is 21 if alcohol is served. Otherwise, it is 18. Further, the minimum legal age for gambling at Canada’s Caesars Windsor is 19 years old, where all winnings are paid in Canadian currency.

According to Michigan’s gaming regulations, all slot machines at the Detroit casinos are controlled by a central computer. It is illegal for a slot machine to have a hardware switch to change payout return settings.

In 1996, Michigan voters approved three licensed casinos for Detroit via a bill eventually improved into the Michigan Gaming Control & Revenue Act.

*The purpose of this section is to inform the public of state gambling laws and how the laws apply to various forms of gambling. This information is not intended to provide legal advice.

Slot Machine Private Ownership in Michigan

It is legal to privately own a slot machine in Michigan if it is 25 years old or older.

Gaming Control Board in Michigan

The Michigan Gaming Control Board (MGCB) regulates the non-tribal commercial casinos in Detroit. They also provide compliance oversight authority for tribal-state compacts with Michigan’s federally recognized tribes.

American Indian tribes are sovereign nations. As such, the State of Michigan does not have general regulatory authority over Indian casinos, although the state has oversight authority of compliance with state-tribal compact provisions.

The National Indian Gaming Commission and the government of the appropriate tribal community regulate Michigan’s tribal casinos. The negotiated tribal-state compact for each tribe is found on the Indian Affairs website for Indian Gaming Compacts within the U.S. Department of Interior.

Gaming regulations for Caesars Windsor in Canada are provided by the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario, a crown agency of Canada. However, the Ontario gaming jurisdiction is the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG).

Casinos in Michigan

There are 3 non-tribal commercial casinos and 23 American Indian tribal casinos in Michigan. Also, across the Canadian border from Detroit is the Caesars Windsor Casino.

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The largest casino in Michigan is the MGM Grand Detroit Casino in Detroit, having 3,500 gaming machines and 143 table games.

The second largest casino is Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort in Mount Pleasant, having 3,330 gaming machines and 60 table games.

List of Casinos in Michigan

Detroit, Michigan’s non-tribal commercial casinos, including the popular Caesars Windsor in Canada, are:

1. Caesars Windsor across the Canadian border in Windsor, Ontario

List of Tribal Casinos in Michigan

Michigan has tribal-state compacts with 12 American Indian tribes, which have produced 23 tribal casinos with Class III Vegas-style games. At the end of 2017, these 23 tribal casinos had a total of 21,976 Class III gaming machines.

Tribal casinos in Michigan are a thriving business, and many major expansion projects are underway throughout the state. This is especially true for casinos in northern Michigan.

Michigan 23 tribal casinos are:

1. Bay Mills Resort & Casino in Brimley located in the upper peninsula 53 miles north of Mackinaw City
2. FireKeepers Casino in Battle Creek located 113 miles west of Detroit
3. Four Winds Dowagiac located 21 miles north of South Bend, Indiana near the Indiana border
4. Four Winds Hartford located 50 miles north of South Bend, Indiana
5. Four Winds New Buffalo located 34 miles northwest of South Bend, Indiana near the Indiana border and Lake Michigan
6. Gun Lake Casino in Wayland located 172 miles west of Mackinaw City
7. Island Resort & Casino in Harris located in the upper peninsula 160 miles west of Mackinaw City
8. Kewadin Casino – Christmas in Munising located in the upper peninsula 129 miles northwest of Mackinaw City on Lake Superior
9. Kewadin Casino – Hessel located in the upper peninsula 41 miles northeast of Mackinaw City
10. Kewadin Casino – Manistique located in the upper peninsula 89 miles west of Mackinaw City
11. Kewadin Casino – Sault Ste. Marie located in the upper peninsula 59 miles north of Mackinaw City on the Canadian border
12. Kewadin Casino – St. Ignace located in the upper peninsula 12 miles north of Mackinaw City
13. Kings Club Casino in Brimley located in the upper peninsula 56 miles north of Mackinaw City
14. Leelanau Sands Casino & Lodge in Peshawbestown located in the lower peninsula 20 miles north of Traverse City
15. Little River Casino Resort in Manistee located in the lower peninsula 58 miles southwest of Traverse City
16. Northern Waters Casino Resort in Watersmeet located in the upper peninsula 268 miles west of Mackinaw City near the Wisconsin border
17. Odawa Casino Resort in Petoskey located in the lower peninsula 38 miles south-southwest of Mackinaw City
18. Odawa Casino Mackinaw located in Mackinaw City
19. Ojibwa Casino – Marquette located in the upper peninsula 158 miles northwest of Mackinaw City on Lake Superior
20. Ojibwa Casino – Baraga located in the upper peninsula 239 miles northwest of Mackinaw City on Lake Superior
21. Saganing Eagles Landing Casino in Standish located in the lower peninsula 158 miles south-southeast of Mackinaw City on Lake Huron
22. Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort in Mount Pleasant located in the lower peninsula 157 miles northwest of Detroit
23. Turtle Creek Casino & Hotel in Williamsburg located in the lower peninsula 11 miles east of Traverse City

Other Gambling Establishments

As an alternative to enjoying Michigan slot machine casino gambling, consider exploring casino options in a nearby state.

Michigan is bordered by:

• North and East: Canadian Province of Ontario
• South: Indiana Slots and Ohio Slots
• West: Minnesota Slots and, by ferry across Lake Michigan, Illinois Slots

Each of the links above will take you to my state-specific blog for that bordering state to Michigan.

Payout Returns in Michigan

According to the MGCB Administrative Rules section 27a on p. 137, each slot machine must not have a payout return less than 80% but no more than 100% unless otherwise approved by the gaming control board.

Further, payout return limits apply to playing skill-based electronic gaming machines perfectly without gameplay error.

A rumored conversation from officials at the MGCB implied Michigan tribal casinos have a minimum payout return of 75%. However, I can find no evidence of such a legal requirement within any existing state-tribal compact provisions.

Actual payout return statistics from the three non-tribal commercial casinos in Detroit are not available to the public. Further, the tribes in Michigan don’t release their actual payback return statistics to the public.

The minimum payout return for Caesars Windsor and other casinos in the Canadian province of Ontario is 85%. For skill-based electronic gaming machines such as video poker, it is 88%. These limits apply to each wager and play available on the game.

Further, Canada’s OLG offers a Slots Brochure stating Ontario casinos have a maximum payout return percentage 99.1%. They also state Ontario has an average payout return is 91.8%.

Our Michigan Slots Facebook Group

Are you interested in sharing and learning with other slots enthusiasts in Michigan? If so, join our new Michigan slots community on Facebook. All you’ll need is a Facebook profile to freely join this closed Facebook Group.

There, you’ll be able to privately share your slots experiences as well as chat with players about slots gambling in or near Michigan. Come join us!

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Summary of Michigan Slot Machine Casino Gambling in 2018

Michigan slot machine casino gambling consists of three casinos in Detroit and 23 tribal casinos throughout the state. Caesars Windsor is a popular casino destination just across the Canadian border from Detroit.

The payout return limits for Michigan’s non-tribal casinos must be no less than 80% nor more than 100% for each electronic gaming machine. No payout return statistics are available from any of Michigan’s casinos.

Annual Progress in Michigan Slot Machine Casino Gambling

In the last year, one additional tribal casino has opened, the Odawa Casino Mackinaw in Mackinaw City. Further, the Lac Vieux Desert Casino in Watersmeet was renamed Northern Waters Casino Resort.

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Tribal Organization: Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi

1123 129th Avenue
Wayland, MI 49348

(269) 792-7777

Gun Lake Casino is located between Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo off Exit 61 on U.S. 131.

2021 exterior rendering by JCJ Architecture. Courtesy of the Gun Lake Casino.

Gun Lake Casino has greatly expanded since its opening in Feb. 2011. At that time it had a 83,000-square-foot gaming floor and 1,400 slot machines.

In 2017 the casino floor was expanded to 156,000 square feet and 2,050 slot machines.

In Late 2019 Gun Lake announced a $100 million expansion project to double the size of the casino. Completion is scheduled for summer of 2021.

News Headlines

Gun Lake Casino plans $100M expansionOctober 23, 2019 - Gun Lake Casino will soon break ground to enlarge its casino by 72,000 square feet, double the size of Stage 131, and add two upscale restaurants. The grand opening will be in the summer of 2021.... Read moreGun Lake Tribe celebrates 20 years of tribal sovereigntyAugust 25, 2019 - Gun Lake Tribe received federal recognition on Aug 23, 1999 restoring its rights to self-government and to sovereignty of reservation land under the U.S. Indian Gaming Regulatory... Read more More Headlines ...

2019-2021 Expansion Project

Gun Lake Casino announced a $100 expansion project in Oct. 2019 with a completion date of summer 2021.

The major features of the project include a larger gaming floor, an expanded entertainment venue and more dining options.

• The gaming floor will be expanded by 72,000 square feet, 450 additional slot machines and 12 more table games. The additional space will include the high limits area and the smoking area as well as the main gaming floor.

• Entertainment will be enhanced at Stage 131 by doubling its space with more seating, an outdoor patio and a new dining service.

• Two new restaurants will be built. This will be upscale venues with details to be announced at a future date.

2016-2017 Expansion Project

A new $76-million expansion project is underway to increase the casino's square footage from 83,000 to 156,000 square feet. Construction began in January 2016 and will finish in summer of 2017.

The following is included in the plan:

• 450 new electronic gaming machines will bring the total to 2,050
• Table games will increase to 42
• A new Stage 131 will be doubled in size.
• A new buffet restaurant with 300 seats will feature upscale American, Italian, Mexican and Asian cuisines

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Gun Lake Casino plans $100M expansion

October 23, 2019

Gun Lake Casino announced plans last week for a $100 million dollar expansion of its casino, entertainment and dining venues. The ground breaking for the project is expected soon and itscompletion is expected in the summer of 2021.

Rendering by JCJ Architecture. Courtesy of the Gun Lake Casino.

Gun Lake Casino President and COO, Sal Semola, said

'We have undergone a careful and detailed process to understand how to best serve the needs of our current guests - and enhanced dining, entertainment and gaming amenities are a high priority.'

'These great new amenities will provide new experiences for our guests as part of our continued effort to make Gun Lake Casino the premier entertainment destination in western Michigan.'

Rendering by JCJ Architecture. Courtesy of the Gun Lake Casino.

The casino gaming area will be increased by 72,000 square feet. The increase will include a larger high limit area and larger smoking area. The additional space will have 450 more slot machines and 12 new table games. The total number of slot machines will become 2,500.

Stage 131 will have double the space allowing for more seats and a new outdoor patio an dining service.

Two upscale restaurants are also planned with details to be announced at a later date.

Gun Lake Tribe celebrates 20 years of tribal sovereignty

August 25, 2019

The Gun Lake Tribe celebrated its twentieth anniversary as a federally-recognized tribe on Friday Aug 23. The tribe, formally named Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians, was granted recognition status by the Bureau of Indian Affairs on August 23, 1999.

Federal recognition of a tribe establishes a government-to-government relationship with the United States and protects the tribe's right of self-government. Reservation land is sovereign land owned by the tribe and held in trust by the federal government.

KEY DATES

August 23, 1999 - The Gun Lake Tribe received federal recognition

2000 - Tribe adopted its constitution

2001 - Tribe applied for protection of lands under the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.

2003 - Tribe hired Station Casinos to manage its casino project

2005 - Reservation land was restored after years of legal challenges.

2009 - Gun Lake Casino held ground breaking ceremony.

2011 - Gun Lake Casino held grand opening.

Gun Lake Tribal History

Courtesy of YouTube

Gun Lake Tribe has contributed $1.5 billion to Michigan's economy

December 03, 2018

The Gun Lake Casino has been in operation for seven years. In that time the casino, the Gun Lake Tribe, and Gun Lake Investments have contributed the economy of Michigan $1.5 billion.

2,600 job positions have been created to support the casino. Each of those jobs have contributed $228 million into the economy every year.

The tribe employs 1,281 people for positions in their government, investment operations, and their casino. Payroll from these positions contribute annually $48 million.

Every year $36 million is spent by the tribe to purchase goods and services from companies that are located in the state.

$109 million is paid to the state and local governments. The money is used to pay for law enforcement, infrastructure improvements, and schools.

Gun Lake Casino opens poker room

September 21, 2018

On September 14 the new poker room was opened at Gun Lake Casino. This is the newest of the other 40 card rooms in the state.

There are 100 people employed in the card room.

It is located in the previous area where Villa Pizza and Johnny Rockets were at the casino. It is a 3,500 square foot area.

Plans for the room were announced in May after the tribe had conducted research on what amenities and games guests were interested in. This resulted in developing a space for poker.

The casino property has worked many times on projects to renovate and expand the gaming venue. In 2016 $76 million was spent to bring more slot machines and table games. Last year plans for a new parking structure were announced.

Gun Lake Casino opened in 2011. It is located south of Grand Rapids by nearly 25 miles.

More Headlines

Gun Lake Tribe has contributed $1.5 billion to Michigan's economyDecember 03, 2018 - During its 7 years of casino operations the Gun Lake Tribe has conntributed $1.5 billion to the Michigan economy.... Read moreGun Lake Casino opens poker roomSeptember 21, 2018 - The first poker room opened this month at Gun Lake Casino. It is a nonsmoking room and features 14 tables and various games including Omaha and Texas Hold 'Em.... Read more09.21.2017 Gun Lake Casino plans more expansion09.06.2017 Gun Lake Casino opens 2nd phase of its $76M expansion

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