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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - The Catawba Indian Nation's push to expand its gambling business took a hit Monday with the South Carolina Supreme Court ruling that a state ban on video poker also applies to its only federally recognized tribe.
The Catawbas argued their 1993 land deal with the state allowed them to use the video poker machines, which were outlawed statewide in 2000, on their reservation.
The state contends that the land deal means the tribe's reservation falls under state, not federal, gambling laws. State Attorney General Henry McMaster, who appealed a lower court's decision in favor of the tribe, said the higher court made "a sound decision."
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