Tribal Gaming and UIGEA

Tribal Gaming and UIGEA Come to a Head

The issue of Tribal Gaming and UIGEA has finally produced a legal decision. An attempt by California Tribal Gaming to offer online poker and bingo games was dealt another blow last week. The Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel has been engaged in a multi-year court battle with the state of California thanks to the tribe’s launch of its the Desert Rose online bingo site in November 2014. In addition to bingo, Santa Ysabel also talked up an online poker launch (the launch never came to pass). Last week, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld a district…