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People often wonder what happened to lottery winners but there is another group of winners that is rarely mentioned and those are the 480 members of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Tribe in Minnesota. Prior to building a casino on their land these people lived a meager life living mostly in broken down mobile homes with meager incomes. Now that Mystic Lake is booming each of these 480 receives $84,000 per month gambling proceeds. The Shakopee keep modest homes on the reservation, but nearly every driveway sports at least one luxury car. Tribal members usually have multiple homes and have been known to take vacation for months at a time. Many choose to take up expensive hobbies. They are big game hunters and breeders of thoroughbred horses. All of the children attend private schools. Members of the tribe are 99.5% unemployed and the long term question is what will their children do? Will they be deprived of the good feelings that come from earning your own way, the famous work ethic. The good education they are getting in the private schools should help them get jobs but will they want to work.