Issue 112
November 4-10, 2002
Volume 3
page 2
 

Seneca Nation to Add Card Games

NEW YORK - /Buffalo News/ - If you have an itch to play cards for money, consider shuffling off to the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation in about two weeks.

That's when the Seneca Nation plans to expand its Class II gambling operation from bingo and slotlike video gambling machines to wagering on cards.

Nation officials say the card games are a way to bring more gamblers in the door and provide a greater variety of gambling in its reservation hall about 45 minutes south of Buffalo.

Unlike in the Class III, Las Vegas-style casino the tribe is building in Niagara Falls, card players at the Cattaraugus facility will not be playing against the house. Part of the money wagered will go to the winners; the rest will be placed in a pot that will be used as prize money for monthly card game tournaments.

And while the Senecas will not profit directly from Class II blackjack and poker, players are required to pay an administrative fee of 25 cents per hand.

Tribal Councilor Rick Jemison said the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act allows the Nation to hold card games at its Class II facilities, as long as the tribe serves as the host and does not have a financial stake in the winnings.

Details Emerge for MGM Grand Casino - DETROIT, MI – MGM Grand plans to build a $500 million casino complex that includes a 16-story hotel and five restaurants.

MGM Grand is one of three casinos in Detroit that hope to strike permanent deals with the city. The building has a traditional, even conservative, appearance, commission planner Gregory Moots wrote in a four-page Oct. 17 memo to the zoning commission.

"It appears to have taken a design approach that is a hotel and a casino, rather than a casino with a hotel. The complex's second floor would include a conference center and ballroom tied to the hotel, which also will have a full-service spa and pool…”

Mexico to Allow Casinos - Mexico will approved a new Federal Gaming Law next December 15 that will allow the operation of casinos in Mexico.

Presently, it is estimated there are some 450-1,000 clandestine casinos in operation in the country. The new bill will include the creation of a National Gaming Commission to authorize, control and supervise the gambling properties that are established in the wake of the new law.

The casinos are expected to contribute to economic and social development of the regions - expanding tourism, creating jobs, and bringing more foreign currency to the country. Those setting up casinos will be obliged to legally explain the origins of their investments.

The country will not permit cruise-ship casinos to operate while docked in Mexican ports, and gaming establishments will not be permitted within 200 meters of schools, hospitals or churches.

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