Texas casino possible for Alabama-Coushatta
Thirteen years after the Alabama-Coushatta tribe of Texas was forced to cease all gambling operations, the tribe’s property just off U.S. Highway 190 in East Texas could soon be home to a new casino.
Last Tuesday tribe spokesman, Carlos Bullock, announced that the tribe had received federal approval to resume electronic betting by 2016. The announcement comes about one month after the National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC) ruled that just as the Tigua Indians can operate Class II gambling, bingo and games such as pull-tabs, and non–banking card games like poker, on the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo reservation near El Paso, so can the Alabama-Coushatta. Baring delays due to legal challenges from Texas state officials that could potentially derail the plan, the tribe will be opening …