Connecticut's two federally recognized tribes, the Mashantucket Pequots and the Mohegans, each operate enormously lucrative casinos on their reservations in eastern Connecticut.

The ruling raised the prospect that at least some of the lucrative casinos that sprouted around the state before the issue had been settled might soon risk being shut down.

Since 1991, the Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians has operated the state's most lucrative casino.

State officials have tried for years to settle the land claims, in some cases offering the prospect of lucrative casinos if the tribes drop the claims.

Two alliances of tribes have already raised more than $50 million for competing campaigns over the future of their lucrative casinos.

The main complication was keeping the withdrawal a secret from the public particularly from the local criminal elements that might try to seize the opportunity to press their own interest in the lucrative casino.

That made it illegal for the ships to operate highly lucrative casinos for virtually the entire time they were in Alaska.

But she is a member of the wealthiest Indian tribe in America - the Connecticut Mohegans, whose members divide the revenue from two lucrative casinos.

In addition, what began as a bingo operation grew into a lucrative casino that operates on the tribe's land in Charenton.

Several Mafia leaders were openly upset with the President's failure to overthrow Mr. Castro, who had closed their lucrative casinos in Havana.