Bills pending in the Texas Legislature would legalize gaming for the Tigua Tribe in El Paso.
The tribe operated a Class III casino until it was shut down by the state. In hopes of changing federal law to authorize gaming, the tribe was duped out of $4.2 million by convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff. The tribe is now hoping for a change in state law. But the tribe is also looking to develop a casino on land on the New Mexico-Texas border. "We'll build a casino in New Mexico and put the parking lot in Texas," Tigua Gov. Art Senclair told The El Paso Times. The tribe has filed a land-into-trust application for 10 acres in New Mexico, where the tribe's ancestors lived prior to moving to present-day El Paso. Get the Story: