25 per carton in January 2002.25 per carton in tax. McDevitt.

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A replay of the call and related information will be
made available at the same location on the company's website for thirty days
subsequent to the call.;
Gerald G."
Seizures to date in the federal investigation include $3.

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UNCASVILLE, Conn.

During the time period of the indictment, July
1999 through May 2003, the Washington state tax on cigarettes increased from
$8. "The amount of fraud is staggering.

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According to the indictment , individuals located on the Coeur d'Alene
Indian Reservation in northern Idaho sold millions of cartons of contraband
cigarettes to smoke shops located on Indian reservations within the state of
Washington .

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, A federal grand jury returned an
88-count indictment today against four Idahoans and four Washingtonians on
racketeering charges involving money laundering, mail fraud and contraband
cigarette trafficking between Indian reservations in Idaho and Washington
State.
"Enforcement of this type of crime is important to make a fair playing
field for the non-tribal retailers, to protect state revenue , and to take
money out of the hands of criminals and put it into the tribes' hands through
the Compact contracts," said U.

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, 32, both of Fife, Wash. The
difference is that the "tax" collected by the tribal retailers is given to
their tribe for essential tribal services, and not to the state .

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(Eastern Daylight Time)
on Thursday, May 5, 2005.

About the Authority
The Authority is an instrumentality of the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of
Connecticut, a federally recognized Indian tribe with an approximately 405-
acre reservation situated in southeastern Connecticut, adjacent to Uncasville,
Connecticut.

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Questions and answers will be reserved for
call-in analysts and investors .25 per carton to $14.

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Mohegan Sun currently operates in an approximately 3.com.

Eight Indicted in Racketeering Conspiracy Involving Contraband Cigarettes and Money Laundering

Named in the indictment were Louie Mahoney, 56; Kathleen Mahoney, 56;
Christine Mahoney-Meyer, 53; and Margaret R.S.

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"The Contraband Cigarette Trafficking Act (CCTA) allows the federal
government to investigate this type of crime," explained ATF Special Agent in
Charge Kelvin N.

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Those interested in participating in the call should dial as follows:

(888) 748-0596
(706) 643-0107 (international )

Conference ID: 5276580

Please call five minutes in advance to ensure that you are connected prior
to the initiation of the call.

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To date, 19
tribes within the state have signed such agreements, although not all
agreements have been enacted by the tribal authorities .

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mohegansun. More
information about Mohegan Sun and the Authority can be obtained by visiting
http: //www.1 million in
cash, more than $2 million in seized bank accounts and more than 200,000
cartons of cigarettes.

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In 2001, the state initiated a program to equalize the commerce playing
field between tribal and non-tribal retailers.
Once the contraband cigarettes are smuggled onto an Indian reservation, state
officials could not conduct any enforcement activities. If convicted , the defendants could face up to 20 years
in prison, fines up to $500,000 or both and a face a monetary judgment
totaling approximately $93 million.

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; and Roger Fiander, 66, of Wapato,
Wash. Crenshaw .

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The access number for a taped replay of the conference call is as follows:

(800 ) 642-1687
(706) 645-9291 (international)

Conference ID: 5276580

A transcript will be available on the Authority's website for a period of
one year following the conference call . The Tribe's
gaming operation at Mohegan Sun is one of only two legally authorized gaming
operations in New England offering traditional slot machines and table games.

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Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority Invites You to Join its Second Quarter Fiscal 2005 Operating Results Conference Call

This replay will run through May 19, 2005.
The four-year investigation was conducted by the by the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the
Washington State Liquor Control Board and the United States Attorney for the
Eastern Judicial District of Washington.
Washington State has a provision for tribal smoke shops to sell tax-exempt
stamped cigarettes to their tribal members. Attorney James A.

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0 million square foot
facility, which includes the Casino of the Earth, Casino of the Sky, the Shops
at Mohegan Sun, a 10,000-seat Arena , a 350-seat Cabaret, meeting and
convention space and an approximately 1,200-room luxury hotel. YAKIMA, Wash. Conway Sr. However, sales of cigarettes by
the tribal smoke shops to non-reservation members are to be taxed at the full
tax rate.

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(Eastern Daylight Time)., 68; and Lyle Shawn Conway Jr. The smoke shops
located on reservations could charge a price just short of what off-
reservation shops had to charge for legal cartons, resulting in millions of
dollars of profits for individual smoke shops.

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Parties who want to listen to the live conference call on the Internet may
do so through a web link on the company's website at
http://www. Contraband cigarettes are cigarettes sold without the applicable
state taxes being collected. Tax loss to the state
pertaining to the charged individuals is estimated in excess of $56 million. Jose, 60, all of Plummer, Idaho;
Lyle W. Tribes can voluntarily enter
into a "compact" agreement to collect a "tax" equal to the state tax. Tribes that
do not have a compact must charge state tax to non-tribal members.
Consumers historically would go to Indian reservations and purchase
untaxed cigarettes instead of paying an additional $14.

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, Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority
(the "Authority") will host a conference call and simultaneous webcast
regarding its second quarter fiscal year 2005 operating results on Thursday ,
May 5, 2005 at 11:00 a.

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George, 58, of Tacoma, Wash.

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com, in the "About Mohegan Sun/Investor Relations /Online
Presentations" section.
Interested parties may also listen to a taped replay of the entire
conference call commencing at approximately 1:00 p. The Authority has been granted the exclusive power to conduct
and regulate gaming activities on the existing reservation of the Tribe,
including the operation of Mohegan Sun, a gaming and entertainment complex
that is situated on a 240-acre site on the Tribe's reservation, and at Pocono
Downs, a harness racetrack located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania .