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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 2003

The Bush administration doesn't like to take land into trust for off-reservation casinos, a Bureau of Indian Affairs official said on Tuesday.

Speaking at the second-annual New York Gaming Summit, George Skibine, director of the BIA's Office of Indian Gaming Management, said Secretary of Interior Gale Norton might not approve three proposed off-reservation casinos in New York. "It will be an issue," he was quoted as saying.

Skibine also said it takes a long time to review the requests. His office took two years to review an off-reservation casino for the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe.

Get the Story:
State's approach to gaming faulted (The Albany Times-Union 4/23)
Lawyer: Catskills casinos coming soon (The Poughkeepsie Journal 4/23)

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