Penobscot Nation v. Stilphen

McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

For approximately six years the Penob-scot Nation has been operating weekly beano games, as defined by 17 M.R.S.A. § 311(1) (1983), on the Penobscot Indian Reservation. The games are usually held on Sundays and are open to members of the general public at prices ranging up to $45 per person. An individual prize of as large as $25,000 has been awarded in a single “Super Bingo” game. The weekly games draw many hundreds of players to the Pe-nobscot reservation from all over Maine and beyond. The games generate gross revenues of approximately $50,000 per month; the net…