Editorial: Chickasaw Nation impacts Texas gaming

Thursday, December 10, 2009  

"With political campaigning officially ready to begin this week across Texas, more voices are asking if Indian-owned gaming is about to gain a major legal toehold in the state.

The state, over the past decade, has been successful in closing casinos run by the Tiguas of El Paso and the Alabama-Coushatta of Livingston. Gambling at a tiny casino in Eagle Pass, run by the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe, has been limited.

Now, the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma is poised to take possession of the Lone Star Park race track in Grand Prairie. That’s the tribe that runs one of the biggest Indian casinos in the United States, Winstar, just across the Texas border.

Gaming proponents, according to Capitol Update, published by the Texas State Directory Press, believe the tribe may tip the balance to legalizing casinos across Texas."

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