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Attorney: Texas tribe defying laws

31 July 2008

News Brief: The Tigua tribe has repeatedly defied Texas law and court order prohibiting gambling on the reservation and should give up many of its gaming devices and a large portion of its profits, state attorneys told a federal judge Wednesday.

Corpus Christi track license scuttled

28 July 2008

News Brief: A deal to sell the Corpus Christi Greyhound Race Track's racing license has been scuttled by a statewide investigation into a company that claimed to have found a way to operate slot machines legally in Texas.

Aces Wired under investigation

22 May 2008

Aces Wired, Inc. reports that the Texas Attorney General shut down Aces’ locations and is the process of investigating the legality of the Company’s amusement with price machines.

Texas Association for the Advancement of Charitable Bingo formed

19 May 2008

Littlefield Corporation reports that it has participated with others representing approximately thirty-five licensed commercial lessors in the founding of the Texas Association for the Advancement of Charitable Bingo.

Report: Texas forced into gambling expansion

27 March 2008

News Brief: Texas would have to expand gambling to see the multibillion-dollar profits Gov. Rick Perry promised last year when he proposed selling the state lottery, according to a report released.

Speaking Rock offers cash instead of points

14 March 2008

News Brief: The former Speaking Rock casino, which has been offering video games with prizes since it was shut down for gambling by the state in 2001, is now paying out winners in cash.

Littlefield to acquire Texas corporations

13 March 2008

Littlefield Corporation is in the process of acquiring the stock of three Texas corporations who each own a grandfathered commercial lessor license for its charitable bingo operations in Texas.

Nevada Gold & Casinos wins Texas ruling

14 February 2008

Nevada Gold & Casinos, Inc. reports that the Court of Appeals for the First District, Houston, Texas, has ruled in its favor regarding liability in its suit against American Heritage, Inc.

Texas provision loosens track rules

21 January 2008

News Brief: A little-noticed change in Texas law sweetened the potential returns for some track owners if they have more luck with the Legislature in 2009.

Courts rule on Kickapoo casino case

30 August 2007

News Brief: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that the Secretary of the Interior has no power to allow gambling, in this case the Kickapoo Indian Reservation, over the objection of the state.

Courts overrule Texas tribal gaming expansion

21 August 2007

News Brief: The prospect that federal authorities might overrule Texas officials and allow Las Vegas-style gambling on one Indian reservation in the state was short-lived.

Littlefield acquires stock in Texas companies

16 August 2007

Littlefield Corporation has acquired the stock of two Texas corporations who each own a commercial license to lease bingo premises.

Texas pro-casino side regroups

5 June 2007

News Brief: Tigua tribal leaders and El Paso legislators are regrouping after efforts to allow gambling to resume at the Tigua's Speaking Rock Casino failed this Legislative session.

Hope for Texas casino games

1 June 2007

News Brief: The Legislature spent the past five months shutting out casino gambling in Texas, but the federal government has cracked open the door for Las Vegas-style games.

Texas gaming bill approved

24 May 2007

News Brief: The Tigua tribe in El Paso would be able to raise money from charitable bingo games on its reservation under a bill the Texas Senate approved Wednesday.

Texas bill faces deadline

11 May 2007

News Brief: Facing a midnight drop-dead deadline for House bills, El Paso Rep. Norma Chavez's bingo bill faced almost certain elimination without debate.

Tie vote kills Texas casino bill

4 May 2007

News Brief: A rare tie vote in the Texas House early Friday killed a bill that would have allowed the Tigua's Speaking Rock Casino to reopen.

Texas House may consider casino bill

30 April 2007

News Brief: Lawmakers may finally be ready to expand gambling in Texas, with the House set to consider a bill this week to allow Indian casinos to reopen.

Texas casino bill shelved

27 April 2007

News Brief: Legislation that would have allowed Texas' three federally recognized Indian tribes to operate legal gambling casinos on their lands was shelved Wednesday in the Texas House when a gaming foe pointed out a technical error in the bill.

Texas casino proposal presented

25 April 2007

News Brief: As the clock runs out this legislative session on the possibility of expanding gambling in Texas, two American Indian tribes are asking the House today to allow them to reopen their casinos that the state shuttered five years ago.

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