Editorial: Kialegee Tribal Town loses big gamble with casino bid

Tuesday, May 22, 2012  

"The Kialegee Tribal Town lost its gamble - temporarily - to muscle into the oversaturated Indian casino business by throwing up a building in Broken Arrow near schools and neighborhoods.

The audacious move was - and remains - on shaky ground and violates the federal Indian Gaming Act and a state gaming compact, according to the order of U.S. District Court Chief Judge Gregory Frizzell.

The Kialegees did not put their facility, not yet operational, on their own land. They instead leased the allotment from two members of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. Frizzell sided with Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt that the Kialegees had not exercised any governmental power over the land. To conduct gaming, according to the state gaming compact, an operation must be on Indian land."

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