The one-year anniversary of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that has proven monumental to the future of the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas and the economic success of Deep East Texas was on June 15, 2023.
The Supreme Court ruled on June 15, 2022 that the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe could continue to operate Naskila Casino, its electronic bingo facility that has been open since 2016. The State of Texas pushed for years to close the facility, but the Court ruled 5-4 that the state does not have the authority to prohibit electronic bingo on tribal lands because electronic bingo is not a game that is prohibited by state law.
The decision came in the case of Ysleta del Sur Pueblo v. Texas. Both the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo located in El Paso and the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas located in Livingston, operate electronic bingo facilities on their reservations.
