Texas Lawmakers Express Conflicting Views on Casino Gambling

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At each home game, season ticket holders will be entered for a chance to win an all-inclusive trip to Las Vegas at a Caesars Entertainment casino on the Strip. We have a few poker rooms popping up, but if you want a fully decked out casino then the closest will be Louisiana.

Only the Kickapoo Lucky Eagle Casino continues to operate without state interference. The casino is owned by the Traditional Kickapoo Tribe of Texas in Eagle Pass. The bill is based on a proposal by Las Vegas Sands, which is promoting the plan with TV ads in the four casino markets specified in the bill. The new deal expands the partnership between Choctaw Casinos & Resorts and the Texas baseball team that began in 2010. Choctaw is the ‘official casino’ of the Rangers with branding at Globe Life Field, the current home of the Rangers located across the street. The Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas face a similar gaming restriction and filed the first amicus brief. Additional briefs have been filed by the National Indian Gaming Association and the Solicitor General’s office.

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The franchise was founded in 2005 and played their first season the next year in 2006. The Dynamos are headquartered out of Houston, Texas and play all of their home games in the BBVA Stadium. The team has multiple owners including boxing legend Oscar De La Hoya and NBA superstar James Harden. Originally, the Dynamos was to become the San Jose Earthquake. But after failed attempts at locking down a stadium for the team to compete in, the franchise moved to Houston. The Houston Texans are a professional football team in the National Football League that compete in the AFC South Division of the league.

Department of Interior to conduct Indian gaming on their lands under the Indian Gaming Regulatory. House of Representatives would protect the Indian gaming rights of two Texas tribes that have long been denied by the state’s attorney general. Billionaire Sheldon Adelson and his Las Vegas Sands company see Texas as a super huge opportunity for future growth of Sands Casinos. The company is pushing for casino legalization in the upcoming legislative session. H.R. Bill 2208 is named the Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo and Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas Equal and Fair Opportunity Act.

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If we want to make our gambling experience effortless and trouble-free, booking a trip around the state would be an option. Texas has many bus trips that depart day and night to bring us to great destinations for gambling entertainment.

Kickapoo Lucky Eagle Casino in Eagle Pass, TX has survived its legal battles with the state and is currently open and operating slot machines, poker and bingo. The federal government has authorized three federally-recognized tribes in Texas to build and operate casinos on reservation lands under the U.S. Although reservations have sovereignty over state jurisdiction, Texas has fought fiercely in courts for decades to shut down each of the three casinos. The Texas Racing Commission regulates this type of gambling in Texas. The law allows up to three Class 1 horse tracks in the state’s three largest metropolitan areas, one of which is Houston.

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