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Sault Ste. Marie, MI – Kewadin Casinos will lower its gaming age limit to 19 starting on November 1, 2006 at the Hessel, Manistique, Christmas and St. Ignace casino locations.
According to the tribal gaming compact that the Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians, owners of the Kewadin Casino properties, has with the state of Michigan, the casino can lower its gaming age limit as low as 18 at any time.
\"The decision to allow those 19 – 20 to game at these properties is a business decision that will allow us to be consistent with other Michigan tribal casinos. It gives all legal adults access to our gaming properties, helps to keep us competitive in the state\'s gaming industry, and protects our two percent payments to local communities,\" said Tony Goetz, Kewadin Casinos chief operating officer.
Currently, eight of Michigan\'s tribal casinos allow legal adults to gamble at their reservation casinos.
All sites implementing this plan will have a podium located at each entrance where identification will be checked and those customers under the age of 21 will be identified and issued a wrist band that they will be required to wear during their stay at the casino.
Security will also maintain a log to track individuals that are under the age of 21.
Additional procedures have also been put in place to stop underage drinking.
\"Along with the identification checks at all gaming entrances, we will increase the number of security guards to check IDs on the gaming floor. All Kewadin servers and bartenders are trained through a \"TIPS\" program to identify underage drinkers and to ask for IDs on any customer who looks younger than age 30,\" said Goetz.
Essentially, younger-looking adults will have their ID checked twice, once at the entrance and again if they try to purchase an alcoholic beverage.
If a minor is caught drinking in our facility, he or she will be removed, tribal police will be contacted and they will be banned from all Kewadin Casinos until they are 21 years old.
Kewadin Casinos operates five casinos in Michigan\'s Upper Peninsula in Sault Ste. Marie, St. Ignace, Manistique, Christmas and Hessel and employ approximately 1,200.
The casinos offer a variety of on-site amenities, entertainment venues, dining options, and exciting Las Vegas-style gaming action with the latest slots many table games to choose from including poker, keno, craps, blackjack, roulette, Let It Ride and Caribbean stud.
They are owned and operated by the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians.
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