However, attorneys for the federally-recognized tribe reportedly argued that the 15,000 sq ft Polk County operation is legal under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act as this 1988 legislation handed regulatory authority for Class II gaming facilities on Native American lands to the three-member National Indian Gaming Commission. “The machines operated at Naskila are not a permissible form of “bingo” and as a result still cannot be operated without state oversight,” Anne Marie Mackin from the office of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton told the Associated Press. The Alabama-Coushatta Tribe Of Texas was reportedly in court last week to again defend its right to offer Class II gaming at its Naskila Gaming venue located some 80 miles northeast of the city of Houston.Īccording to a report from the Associated Press news service cited by The Washington Post newspaper, Thursday saw Texas state officials ask a federal court in Beaumont to hold the tribe in contempt for allegedly breaking a 2002 injunction that forced the closure of Naskila Gaming’s Class III predecessor.
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