SC Supreme Court: Catawba Indian Nation can’t offer video poker

(Columbia-AP) March 19, 2007 - The state Supreme Court says the Catawba Indian Nation may not offer video poker on its reservation. The court ruled Monday that the nation’s 14-year-old land settlement with the state did not allow the tribe to offer video gambling, which is illegal in South Carolina.

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