LAT: States, Tribes Put Gaming on the Table

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States, Tribes Put Gaming on the Table
By David Kelly, Times Staff Writer


DENVER — Representatives of 23 Native American tribes gathered here Tuesday for a summit with the Western governors to discuss Indian gaming and potential changes to the federal law that oversees the industry.

With Congress pondering increased oversight, tribal leaders were eager to point out the benefits of gambling — not just to their own people, but also to surrounding communities....

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At a news conference, Republican Govs. Bill Owens of Colorado and Michael Rounds of South Dakota expressed concerns about casino expansion, decrying the practice of tribes putting land in trust so they could use it for off-reservation gambling.

Owens is battling the Cheyenne-Arapahoe tribe of Oklahoma, which has laid claim to nearly 30 million acres of Colorado. The tribe has said it will relinquish the land in exchange for the right to build a casino east of Denver.

Not everything flowing from Indian gaming is good, Owens said, including low-wage jobs and compulsive gambling....


http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-gaming30mar30,0,868414.story?coll=la-home-nation

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