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Federal authorities announced charges against eight people accused of stealing more than $5 million in cash from the casino owned by the Miccosukee Tribe. According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, four former employees of the Miccosukee Resort & Gaming stole the money by tampering with electronic machines at the facility. They were identified in a press release as Michel Aleu, 41; Lester Lavin, 43; Yohander Jorrin Melhen, 42; and Leonard Betancourt, 46. The other defendants aided in the scheme and benefited from it, according to federal prosecutors. They were identified as Maria Del Pilar Aleu, 39; Anisleydi Vergel Hermida, 30; Milagros Marile Acosta Torres, 33; and Yusmary Shirley Duran, 40. Together, the eight defendants face a total of 63 charges of computer fraud, embezzlement, money laundering, and making false statements to law enforcement, the U.S. Attorney's Office said in highlighting a criminal enterprise that ran from January 2011 through March 2015. Miccosukee Resort & Gaming is a Class II gaming facility. It offers bingo and electronic versions of bingo. Former Miccosukee casino workers charged with ripping off $5 million from gaming machines (The Miami Herald August 7, 2019)

Miccosukee’s popular bingo games have been canceled, as well as any in-person barrel drawings. Seminole Hard Rock postponed a long list of acts to scheduled to appear at The Comedy Club, Hard.

Miccosukee One card holders are currently entitled to discounts on Resort Standard Room Rates as well as admission to Miccosukee Indian Village & Airboat Rides. The Miccosukee One card has four levels of card benefits based on rated play that they may include free valet parking, exclusive drawings and events, VIP giveaways and birthday meal vouchers. We will be giving out commemorative gifts to all Miccosukee One members that visit the Player’s Club throughout the day. You’ll want to stay around because we will also be drawing three lucky winners to win a share of $30,000 every Tuesday in September.

Miccosukee Feds look to seize properties tied to Miccosukee embezzlement scheme (The Real Deal August 7, 2019)
8 Charged in Florida With $5M Theft From Miccosukee Casino (NBC News August 7, 2019)
8 people accused of embezzlement, laundering money from Miccosukee Casino (WPLG August 7, 2019)
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Games Offered: Class-II Electronic Gaming Machines, Poker, Bingo Buffets: B-$9.95 L-$11.95 D-$12.95/$30.93 (Fri) Overnight RV Parking: Free/RV Dump: No Note: Class II video gaming devices look like slot machines, but are actually bingo games and the spinning reels are for 'entertainment purposes only.' Try an online casino for FREE. It’s simple; all you have to do is play with your Miccosukee One card and start earning valuable points! Video players, insert your card into any gaming machine while playing. Bingo players, present your card when purchasing your bingo cards. Gaming Machine $10 = 1pt; Bingo $2.50 = 1pt.

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Other: 800 seat bingo hall. Hotel The Miccosukee Resort Casino has 302 well appointed rooms and luxurious suites. Restaurants Bingo Hall - Snack bar Cafe Hammock - Cafe Empeeke Aaweeke - Buffet Empeeke Aya - Deli Empeeke Cheke - Full menu restaurant Martini bar Casino Spa The European type spa offers a full array of treatments and services. The only way I can explain it is the Miccosukee's are the bottom of the barrel when it comes to tribal casinos around here. If you want a clear example go to the Seminole hard rock and make your own comparison. Miami husband-and-wife John Ricone and Francys Tolon-Ricone were apparently wielding a hot blotter when they played bingo at the Miccosukee Resort & Gaming Indian casino in 2008. In two trips that.

Miami husband-and-wife John Ricone and Francys Tolon-Ricone were apparently wielding a hot blotter when they played bingo at the Miccosukee Resort & Gaming Indian casino in 2008. In two trips that year, they won just under $5,500. When the tribe paid them their winnings, they remitted $1,500 for taxes, just like an employer does.

But the Ricones claim they got a nasty surprise two years after filing their 2008 return. The IRS says the tribe never paid the taxes from their bingo winnings -- and now the couple owes back taxes with interest. They filed suit against the tribe this month.

Kind of makes you wonder: If the Ricones' allegations are true, is the tribe similarly ripping off other winners?

Qantas 777x. According to the suit, the Ricones won $2,961.66 in February 2008, of which the tribe subtracted $829.26 for federal income taxes. And when they won $2,500 that July, the tribe purportedly set aside $700 for Uncle Sam.

The Ricones have filed their W-2Gs -- returns for gambling winnings -- as evidence in the court case.

In 2010, the IRS informed the Ricones via a letter that they owed $1,621 with interest, because the tribe had not remitted the taxed winnings in its own filings.

The poker-and-slots-rich Micosukees are already embroiled in massive tax trouble. More than 100 members of the tribe owe just under $26 million to the IRS in unpaid taxes from payments from the casino. Former tribal chairman Billy Cypress owes almost $3 million from after spending Miccosukee credit cards to go on a multi-million dollar three-year spending binge.

The tribe is battling the IRS to not turn over its financials on grounds of sovereignty, and has filed lawsuits against its longtime former attorneys Dexter Lehtinen and Guy Lewis, claiming that the lawyers advised them that they didn't have to pay federal taxes.

We've called Miccosukee attorney Bernardo Roman III seeking comment on the Ricones' allegation, but have not yet heard back.

Here's the Ricones' complaint:

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Bingo is played in these Florida Indian casinos

Indian gaming began as bingo halls offering high-stakes bingo. After a series of court battles, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1987 that federally-recognized tribes could operate casinos outside of state jurisdiction.

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This forced Congress to pass the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) in 1988. Under that law Indian bingo halls expanded into casinos with Vegas-style gaming.

Bingo is less profitable than slot machines and table games, so over the years some casinos shut down their bingo operations leaving fewer bingo halls today.

The following list of casinos offer bingo in Florida. Follow their links for bingo details.

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