"There have been two Indian-owned casinos in Colorado for a decade: the Ute Mountain Utes' in Towaoc and the Southern Utes' in Ignacio. Although their reservations existed long before 1988, they also adhere to the $5 limit. According to Don Burmania of the Colorado Gaming Commission, that's because federal law limits the tribes to the same rules as non-Indian casinos in the state. There is a provision allowing them to go to court and challenge the $5 limit, Burmania said, but the two Colorado tribes have chosen not to do so.

We have no objection to an Indian-owned casino in one of the mountain towns. But if the Arapaho and Cheyenne are granted a small reservation on which to build one, they should have to play by the sames rules as every other casino in the state."

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