Early Government Gaming in the United States • Lottery revenues were responsible for the building of much the
infrastructure along the Northeast Coast. Many of the most prestigious universities, such as Harvard, Yale, and Brown, were built with lottery revenues. • Lottery revenues funded many of the armaments and purchases made during the Revolutionary War.
Indian Gaming
• Taking a cue from state governments offering lotteries, several tribes exercised their sovereignty by offering high-stakes bingo in the late 1970s to generate governmental revenue. • The Supreme Court affirmed that the tribes’ retained regulatory jurisdiction over the regulation of gaming in the Cabazon decision in 1987. • Largely in response to states’ offended by the decision, Congress enacted IGRA in 1988. 25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.
Homer Law, Chtd. 2006
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