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US Supreme Court Sides With Texas Tribe in Bingo Row

Texas' Tigua tribe has come out on the right side of a Supreme Court ruling over its offering of electronic bingo. [Image: Shutterstock.com] The Tigua tribe in El Paso, Texas is legally able to offer electronic bingo games at its casino in Lower Valley, according to a US Supreme Court ruling. The Supreme Court voted 5-4 on Wednesday in favor of the…
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US Supreme Court Sides With Texas Tribe in Bingo Row
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Iowa: Ponca Tribe breaks ground on expansion of its Prairie Flower Casino in Carter Lake

The Ponca Tribe of Nebraska broke ground Monday on the expansion of its Prairie Flower Casino in Carter Lake, Iowa. Construction began on the 60000-square-foot addition during a ceremony that coincided with the 32nd anniversary of the Ponca Restoration Act, which restored the federal government's recognition of the tribe. The addition of this…
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Iowa: Ponca Tribe breaks ground on expansion of its Prairie Flower Casino in Carter Lake
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Tribal gaming in Texas wins major victory

HOUSTON - The US Supreme Court just handed a major victory to the Alabama-Coushatta and Ysleta del Sur Pueblo tribes of Texas. In a split, 5-4 decision, the Justices ruled Texas cannot prevent the tribes from offering electronic bingo gaming on these reservations. The Texas Attorney General's Office has been trying to shut down casinos on these…
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Supreme Court Sides with Ysleta Tribe in Bingo Case

In an unusual lineup, the justices of the Supreme Court of the United States ruled 5-4 against the State of Texas on Wednesday, thereby blocking the Lone Star State from enforcing its gaming laws against a tribal casino. Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote the 20-page majority opinion which was joined by Justices Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena…
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U.S. Supreme Court hears Tigua gambling case

El Paso's Tigua Indians finally got their day before the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, capping a three-decade legal battle with the state of Texas over whether the tribe can offer some type of gambling on its land. Lawyers for the Tiguas, the state and the U.S. Department of Justice spent just over 90 minutes in oral arguments before the high…
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Supreme Court To Hear Texas Tribes' Gambling Case

In October of last year, Online Poker Report reported on the Supreme Court case involving the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and the State of Texas. Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas, the National Indian Gaming Association, and the Solicitor General's office, plus a response from the State of Texas, the case is slated to have oral arguments on Feb 22,…
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Biden administration sides with Tigua, Alabama-Coushatta tribes in long-standing gambling fight with Texas

The Texas state government and the tribes have repeatedly gone to court since 1993 over gambling issues, with the state regularly prevailing since a 1994 5th Circuit Court of Appeals decision known as Ysleta I held that federal law prohibited gambling on Tigua (also known as Ysleta del Sur Pueblo) and Alabama-Coushatta land. Now, the Biden…
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Biden administration sides with Tigua, Alabama-Coushatta tribes in long-standing gambling fight with Texas