Michigan is the most prominent gambling destination between Atlantic City and Nevada. Since the mid-1990s, there has been competition between casinos in Ontario, Detroit, and those on Native American reservations. The Ontario, Detroit, and Chippewa casinos in Mount Pleasant and Sault Saint Marie are full-scale, land-based, Las Vegas-style gaming venues. Other smaller Native American casinos that rely largely on machine gaming revenues are scattered throughout the state (in a manner similar to other midwestern and Northern Plains states).
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