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State official wants to ask NIGC about Poarch Creeks

Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Filed Under: NIGC | Regulation

The head of an anti-gambling task force set up by Alabama Gov. Bob Riley (R) still has the Poarch Band of Creek Indians in his sights.

Mobile County District Attorney John Tyson Jr., who leads the Governor's Task Force on Illegal Gambling, said he doesn't anticipate raiding facilities operated by Poarch Creek Indian Gaming. But he contends the tribe's Class II electronic games will have to be shut down.

"Where I think we’ll have an impact is that when we clearly have established that these electronic bingo games, which really are nothing more than slot machines, when we have established that is illegal in the State of Alabama, I do believe that the Indian Gaming Authority will react to our request that they have the Indian facilities in the State of Alabama comply with the Alabama law in that regard," Tyson told The Atmore Advance, referring to the National Indian Gaming Commission.

Tyson has shut down a number of non-Indian gaming facilities that were offering electronic machines.

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