The Wisconsin Supreme Court recently ruled against the owner of the Dairyland racetrack who reportedly claimed that the state's 11 tribes were illegally operating Las Vegas-style casino games, such as craps and roulette. Dairyland's owner argued that the compacts, which were signed between the state and the Indian tribes in 1998 and 2003, violated a 1993 amendment to the state constitution limiting gambling to raffles, bingo, state-operated lottery, and pari-mutuel betting at racetracks.
However, according to the court's decision, the aforementioned amendment applies neither to the the existing Indian compacts signed in the late 1980's nor to the extension of those compacts signed after 1998. The court also determined that the aforementioned amendement would not apply to similar future compacts as well. Justice Louis Butler explained that the original compacts left room for the addition of such games and were, therefore, protected by the constitution.
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