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MITCHELL, S.D. (AP) Revenues at American Indian casinos in South Dakota dropped by 3 percent last year.

An annual report by Casino City Press and the Analysis Group indicates that the state's Indian Reservation casinos had $97.1 million in revenues in 2007, a decline of $3 million from 2006.

It was the second straight year of falling revenues.

Analysis Group economist Alan Meister blames competition from video lottery and Deadwood casinos, as well as state-tribal compacts that restrict the number of slot machines and card tables that Indian casinos may offer.

Tribes and the governor have been arguing over those restrictions for several years.

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