Alabama-Coushatta Tribe testifies for expanded gaming in Texas

Friday, July 9, 2010  

Carlos Bullock, the chairman of the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe testified at a state House hearing on Thursday.

The tribe operated a successful Class III casino on its reservation. But it was shut down after the state went to court to have it declared illegal.

The tribe has since tried to amend state law to legalize gaming in Indian Country. A number of other forms of gaming are already legal in the state.

"The ability to offer tribal gaming on our reservation would allow us the opportunity to help ourselves," Carlos Bullock told the House Licensing and Administrative Procedures Committee, Morris News Service reported.

Texas has faced increased competition from tribal gaming in Oklahoma, where revenue growth continues to outpace the rest of Indian Country.

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