A South Carolina lawmaker offered an amendment on Tuesday to approve the Catawba Nation's high-stakes bingo hall.
The tribe wants state approval for an off-reservation facility. State Sen. Brad Hutto (D) said it would create 1,100 jobs.
Lawmakers have until early June to act of face a legal battle that state officials said the tribe would probably win. The tribe says it will reintroduce video poker on the reservation if it can't get approval for the bingo hall.
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atawbas threaten to play video poker card (The Rock Hill Herald 5/26)
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