Sorry, Bob, Indian Machines OK

In response to a letter from Sen. Bob Nonini, R-Coeur d’Alene, and signed by three other North Idaho state representatives, questioning the legality of Indian gaming in Idaho, state Lottery Director Jeff Anderson has responded with a letter outlining why Idaho Indian tribes’ gaming machines in use in their reservation casinos are clearly legal under both Idaho and federal law, and the state is enjoined by a 9 ^th Circuit court decision from challenging them. Among the laws defining and legalizing the tribes’ machines are an initiative approved by Idaho voters in 2002; state laws passed in 2003; a gaming compact amendment approved by the Indian Gaming Regulatory Commission and the U.S. Secretary of the Interior in 2002; and a finding by the 9 ^th Circuit/ Betsy Russell , Eye on Boise. More here.

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