1.   Even if the race-track owners lose their bid, neighbouring tribes will get the machines too.

2.   An affirmative decision does not automatically mean the tribe will get a reservation.

3.   And American Indian tribes finally got an even break.

4.   Expert witnesses for the tribe have painted a bleak picture if the tribe does not get permission to build the new homes.

5.   For who knows from whom, if anybody, tribes got their territory in the first place?

6.   However, Pacific Northwest tribes generally get more money from the federal government to operate than most others in the nation.

7.   In exchange for the use of the name, each tribe would get a percentage of sales.

8.   In return, tribes get to have a broader variety of games and more liberal rules of operation then they would without a compact.

9.   It also hinges on whether the tribe can get its individual landowners to agree.

10.   Now it appears the rich tribes are getting richer, partly at government expense.