KirbStompKillah

what does the Facebook correlation have to do with facebook?

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You know, when you see a person through rose colored glasses, all the red flags just look like flags.

Umm, yes and no. Gambling was illegal everywhere in MT until we re-wrote the constitution in 72, and the motivation for constitutional convention was largely perceived corruption. Like, we couldn't even bet on natural occurrences like "when the ice will break on the lake." The debate over legalizing gambling had its fair share of "morality" arguments, but it wasnt an issue of "the indians are making money on it, quick, rewrite the constitution."

The big issue between MT and the tribes is whether the tribes can open casinos under the Indian Gaming Regulation Act (IGRA, passed in 88) and have "Type III" gaming, which entails "vegas-style" games where betting against the house. This is decided by a negotiation between the state and tribes to make a compact over gaming wherein the payouts, number of machines, bet/pot limits are set. IGRA requires the states to exercise good faith in these negotiations, and this is where the issue/lawyers arise; MT often doesn't want to authorize such gaming without a large concession of money from the tribe (after all, theres a lot of money here). So lots of suits have argued about what exactly is "bad faith" on the part of the State, and what interest the State has in regulating these casinos.

Since 72, many off-rez casinos have tried to hinder opening casinos on the reservation because they have a measurable loss of business from these openings (bingo operators in Billings were pretty pissed about new bingo parlors on the crow and northern cheyenne rez).

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