SCOTUS ruling favoring Texas tribal casinos has ‘wider implications’

SCOTUS ruling favoring Texas tribal casinos has ‘wider implications’

Article brief provided by Nevada Independent
  • Howard Stutz, Nevada Independent
June 22, 2022 6:55 PM
  • Howard Stutz, Nevada Independent

A U.S. Supreme Court ruling last week was a victory for a Native American tribe in Texas that had been in a legal tussle with the state over the use of electronic bingo games on tribal land going back to the 1990s.

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But the decision could have other ramifications for the Texas gaming landscape, where efforts led by Las Vegas Sands to legalize commercial casinos have been unsuccessful since the mid-2000s.

States bordering Texas have Las Vegas-style casinos. Texas gaming proponents have long lamented the state is losing potential tax dollars to casino operators in Oklahoma, Louisiana and New Mexico.