Back in the early 1990s – which is a pretty long view for Arizona – the state signed its first gaming compacts with Indian reservations. As you might recall or might imagine, there was quite a bit of huffing and puffing about this from various opponents, including predictions of moral turpitude, widespread crime, slow dancing, gum-chewing and a loss of journalistic integrity. As it turned out, the main thing that happened was that lots of people went to the reservations to play the slots and life on the reservations was improved by the inflow of all that money. In 2002, voters approved a set of new rules for Indian casinos that permitted table games such as blackjack and poker, but not roulette or craps. I guess they thought that would be just a bit much.Get the Story:
Clay Thompson: Which games at Indian casinos? It's a roll of the dice (The Arizona Republic 4/8)
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