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While Native Americans have the federal right to operate Class I and II gaming on reservation land deemed sovereign under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA), to offer the all-important Class III category, which include slots and table games, tribes have historically been forced to enter state compacts.<\/p>\n
New Mexico says it has every right to strong arm vendors that continue to work and assist in the Pueblo’s ongoing casino operations since the tribe is technically running illegal gambling venues.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
“If you do business with an illegal operation, they’ll de-license you,” Judge Paul Kelly told Crowell. “Absent a compact, it’s illegal.”<\/p>\n
Next Steps<\/b><\/h2>\n
Testimony provided during the 30-minute discussion will now be considered for a rare “en banc” hearing. Since a three-member panel already ruled against the tribe in the same appeals court, a majority of judges in the Tenth Circuit would need to recommend the case be retried.<\/p>\n
Should the Pueblo’s petition be granted, a minimum of 10 of the Tenth’s 18 judges would need to sit on the bench to listen to arguments from New Mexico and the tribe.<\/p>\n
The state has offered a new gaming compact that would demand the two casinos share nine percent of their annual adjusted net win with Santa Fe. The tax would increase to 10.75 percent by 2030.<\/p>\n
Twelve other sects of pueblos have current gaming compacts with New Mexico, as do four other Native American groups.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A New Mexico tribe arguing it doesn’t have to negotiate with the state on a new gaming compact told a federal appeals court this week\u00a0that politicians in Santa Fe are pressuring\u00a0its vendors from working with the Native American group. The Pueblo of Pojoaque Tribe operates two casinos in the state, the Buffalo Thunder Resort near […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":50108,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60,13,18,61],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
New Mexico Tribe Alleges State Strong Arming Compact Negotiations<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n