North Carolina permits limited stakes bingo games offering maximum prizes of ten dollars per game. Charities in the state achieve benefits of less than $10 million a year as a result of the games. According to my personal interview with tribal member Earl Dixon in Las Vegas on 13 February 2001, the Eastern Tribe of Cherokee Indians has utilized North Carolina’s charitable gambling statutes in order to negotiate a casino compact under the provisions of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988. In conjunction with Harrah’s Gaming Company, the tribe operates a large casino with over a thousand video gambling machines.