The State – How the S.C. Supreme Court interprets the phrase “to the same extent” may determine whether the Catawba Indian Nation can open a casino at its York County reservation. Attorneys for the tribe and the state argued before South Carolina’s highest court Wednesday on whether the state’s Gambling Cruise Act, which allows video gambling cruises from the coast, applies to the Catawbas. Williams Wilkins, an attorney representing the Catawba Indian Nation, said the gambling cruise act and the state’s 1993 settlement with the tribe, when considered together, give the Catawbas the right to have gambling on their reservation....