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Home History Games News Dictionary		continued from California Tribes Come Together - 2 The Western Indian Gaming Conference of Californian Indian gambling operators launched this week, with high hopes and not quite meeting expectations. The theme of this year’s congress is very clear: creating unity among tribes in order to oppose the legalization of online gambling in the US, as primarily proposed by Congressman Barney Frank. Chairman of the California Nations Indian Gaming Association (CNIGA) Daniel Tucker is the leader in the foray, and though he gave no statement to the press, must have been disappointed at the small turnout to the first day of the conference. It’s the 15th annual such meeting, and according to a report by the Desert Sun newspaper, not nearly as many tribe leaders throughout the state showed as Tucker had hoped for. The discussions began, however, with much attention being paid to the dichotomy created by the Morongo’s effort last year of gaining exclusive rights to internet poker, and the whole objective now of supporting the blanket ban on all forms of internet gambling. The Morongo, and their four partner tribes are still very much interested in securing the rights to link their live card room poker games to online casino representations, but that would put a stutter in Tucker’s opposition. As a result, the primary goal for the conference has now been shifted, said the Sun, to finding a consensus for online poker issues. Tucker continues to remind the tribes of the reality that the legalization of online gambling will have a negative effect on their land-based venues, with more business turning to internet casinos for gambling needs, a fear that is not wholly unfounded. "Your involvement is essential,'' he told delegates. “It will only work if there’s one front.”

01/26/2010

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California Tribes Come Together - 3

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The Western Indian Gaming Conference of Californian Indian gambling operators launched this week, with high hopes and not quite meeting expectations. The theme of this year’s congress is very clear: creating unity among tribes in order to oppose the legalization of online gambling in the US, as primarily proposed by Congressman Barney Frank. Chairman of the California Nations Indian Gaming Association (CNIGA) Daniel Tucker is the leader in the foray, and though he gave no statement to the press, must have been disappointed at the small turnout to the first day of the conference.

It’s the 15th annual such meeting, and according to a report by the Desert Sun newspaper, not nearly as many tribe leaders throughout the state showed as Tucker had hoped for. The discussions began, however, with much attention being paid to the dichotomy created by the Morongo’s effort last year of gaining exclusive rights to internet poker, and the whole objective now of supporting the blanket ban on all forms of internet gambling. The Morongo, and their four partner tribes are still very much interested in securing the rights to link their live card room poker games to online casino representations, but that would put a stutter in Tucker’s opposition.

As a result, the primary goal for the conference has now been shifted, said the Sun, to finding a consensus for online poker issues. Tucker continues to remind the tribes of the reality that the legalization of online gambling will have a negative effect on their land-based venues, with more business turning to internet casinos for gambling needs, a fear that is not wholly unfounded.

"Your involvement is essential,'' he told delegates. “It will only work if there’s one front.”