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Tribe's proposal for casino site to center on murky records - 2004-02-08
An Oklahoma-based Indian tribe's proposal for 315 acres in Pennsylvania to run a gambling facility will turn on how a federal court translates the murky legal practices and record-keeping of 18th century land transactions.

In compensation, the Delaware Nation looks for replacement land elsewhere to construct a casino.

But the case will be hard to prove, The Morning Call in Allentown reported, because there are no observers and little physical proof of the alleged land deals involved.
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Casino ownership is not a state operation - 2004-02-08
Gov. Rod Blagojevich last week slightly cracked the door to state ownership of a gambling casino.
The governor reported that state ownership of a casino is "something that we seriously have to look at" if the "right kind of safeguards and vigilance" are built into the process.

But the chairmen of the gaming committees in both the Illinois House and Senate stated Friday that they have questions about the equality of the state owning and running a business that it also is responsible for regulating. We share that concern and feel the state should stay away from this arrangement.
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