Texas Casinos

EAGLE PASS
Kickapoo Lucky Eagle Casino
7777 Lucky Eagle Drive
Eagle Pass, Texas 78852
1-888-255-8259
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EL PASO
Speaking Rock Casino (Closed)
122 S. Old Pueblo
Located in front of the Ysleta old Mission
(915) 860-7777

NON-NATIVE AMERICAN

Texas Treasure Cruises
229 Highway 361 South
Port Aransas, Texas 78353
1-866-GOT-LUCK
1-866-468-5825
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NEWS

4 December 2007
Eagle Pass Casino Considers Las Vegas-style Gaming

TEXAS -- The American Statesman reported: "After losing another legal round in its long fight to expand gambling in Texas, the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe on Monday raised the prospect of opening its Eagle Pass casino to Las Vegas-style gaming unless the U.S. Supreme Court intervenes.

"The Kickapoos legally operate a casino limited to poker and bingo, and this summer, the U.S. secretary of the interior gave preliminary approval for the tribe to expand to traditional casino-style games, except slot machines.

"A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, however, ruled that the federal agency had overstepped its bounds, and last week, the 15-member appellate court refused hear the case.

"...Yet tribal Chairman Juan Garza Jr. suggested Monday that the tribe could expand gambling anyway, if the Supreme Court does not intervene, which would put the tribe on a collision course with state authorities..."