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Opinion
Editorial: Let voters decide on Poarch Creek gaming machines


"Did you ever wonder why folks like Milton McGregor couldn’t have electronic bingo machines legally, but Native American tribes could?

What a coincidence. So did Attorney General Luther Strange.

That’s why he is asking the National Indian Gaming Commission — the federal regulatory agency that oversees tribal casinos across the county, including the Choctaw facilities near Meridian, Miss. — to tell the Poarch Band of Creek Indians to shut down their casinos in Alabama."

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Our Views: Why should Creeks have slot machines? (The North Jefferson News 5/3)

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