Attorney general sues Tiguas over bingo

AUSTIN — The Texas Attorney General’s Office on Wednesday again asked that El Paso’s Tigua Indians be held in contempt of court. It also is asking that state investigators be allowed onto Tigua lands even if the tribe doesn’t want them there.

This time, it’s bingo games offered by the tribe that are causing the contention.

Largely basing its arguments on a story last month in the El Paso Times, Wednesday’s motion said that by offering bingo and related games, the tribe is violating a 2002 prohibition.

A court in 2002 enjoined the tribe from “conducting any gambling game from which any person or party enjoined herein is likely to receive any economic benefit other than personal winnings, including, but not limited to: 1. Bingo or any variation thereof; 2. Scratch tickets, peel tickets, or pull tabs; 5. Slot Machines; 6. Poker card games.”

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