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Lead Head:
I don't see how this is legal in the least. What would stop other states from trying to gain control of domains of gambling sites not based in that state?

worker201:

--- Quote from: Aloone_Jonez on 25 September 2008, 19:05 ---You missed out the underground casinos, most of which also offer other products and services.

--- End quote ---

Private gaming clubs are so totally illegal that I didn't think they deserved mention in a discussion of state involvement in gambling regulation.

davidnix71:
Charlie Crist, governor of Florida has openly defied a unanimous state supreme court ruling to the effect that he did not have the authority to negociate an agreement with the Seminole Indians to allow (class 3) Las Vegas slots at Indian gaming sites.

The state attorney general has gone to federaL court asking what to do. The Seminoles are the only tribe that never surrendered to the US Army/gov't. There is a federal bureau that is supposed to regulate their behaviour. The state doesn't want Vegas slots on tribal land because it competes with the state lottery and horse and dog racing.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flbseminole0916sbsep16,0,7396705.story

No one knows what to do. the Indians agreed to give the state a $100M cut. Everybody wants the money. Before gambling, the Seminoles supported themselves by selling untaxed cigarettes and liquor. So much for the idea that they were "noble savages."

worker201:
The main issue there seems not to be gambling, but whether or not the state (or its representative) can negotiate deals with an Indian nation.  As far as I can tell, they can't.  Like the governor of KY, the governor of FL seems to be playing that "fuck all y'all, I'm the governor!" game.

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