Catawba appeals video poker decision
20 Jul 2007
SOUTH CAROLINA -- As reported by the South Carolina Herald: "The Catawba Indian Nation is taking its fight for video poker to the nation's highest court.
"Members of the York County-based tribe have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a case considered critical to their economic survival.
"In March, the S.C. Supreme Court ruled the tribe may not offer video gambling on its reservation because it would violate a state law passed in 2000 that outlawed the games. The tribe planned all along to appeal to the high court if that step became necessary.
"...The Supreme Court must first decide whether to hear the case..."
Catawba appeals video poker decision
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