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<p>[QUOTE="komokwa, post: 9928938, member: 301"]hummmmmm, from the Milwaukee Independent .....</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>in 1949 the federal government banned slot machines and other forms of gambling on reservations.</p><p><br /></p><p>Over the course of the next couple decades, Wisconsin eased its gambling laws, first allowing raffles and then low-stakes bingo for non-profit religious or charitable purposes. Seeing an opportunity, two members of the Oneida Nation, Sandra Ninham and Alma Webster, decided in 1976 to offer high-stakes bingo on their reservation. State authorities soon raided the bingo hall and attempted to shut it down, though. The Oneida Nation took the state to court and in 1981 won, with the judge citing Worcester v. Georgia, the 1832 U.S. Supreme Court case establishing tribal sovereignty.</p><p><br /></p><p>By the 1980s, Native American communities around the country were offering various forms of gambling, and conflicts centering on their legality ballooned. This prompted Congress to pass the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act in 1988, which once and for all established the legality of tribal casinos and gambling operations. This federal law was passed soon after Wisconsin relaxed its own gambling laws even further, altering Act IV, Section 24 to allow a statewide lottery and parimutuel betting. But casinos remained illegal in the state.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="komokwa, post: 9928938, member: 301"]hummmmmm, from the Milwaukee Independent ..... in 1949 the federal government banned slot machines and other forms of gambling on reservations. Over the course of the next couple decades, Wisconsin eased its gambling laws, first allowing raffles and then low-stakes bingo for non-profit religious or charitable purposes. Seeing an opportunity, two members of the Oneida Nation, Sandra Ninham and Alma Webster, decided in 1976 to offer high-stakes bingo on their reservation. State authorities soon raided the bingo hall and attempted to shut it down, though. The Oneida Nation took the state to court and in 1981 won, with the judge citing Worcester v. Georgia, the 1832 U.S. Supreme Court case establishing tribal sovereignty. By the 1980s, Native American communities around the country were offering various forms of gambling, and conflicts centering on their legality ballooned. This prompted Congress to pass the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act in 1988, which once and for all established the legality of tribal casinos and gambling operations. This federal law was passed soon after Wisconsin relaxed its own gambling laws even further, altering Act IV, Section 24 to allow a statewide lottery and parimutuel betting. But casinos remained illegal in the state.[/QUOTE]
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