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>Judge Rules Indian Slots Illegal
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>.c The Associated Press
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> By MARK JEWELL
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>SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) -- A judge has cleared the way for federal marshals to
>seize 1,800 slot machines from two American Indian reservations, saying the
>devices are illegal.
>
>The Spokane Tribe plans to appeal U.S. District Judge Fred Van Sickle's
ruling
>to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, tribal vice chairman John Kieffer
>said.
>
>The tribe also will seek an emergency stay from the appeals court to allow
>continued operation of the slots until the appeal is resolved.
>
>The judge on Thursday found the slot machines are illegal under the Johnson
>Act, a 1950s anti-organized crime law that bans slot machines on Indian
>reservations.
>
>Lawyers for the Spokanes and the Confederated Colville Tribes had filed a
>motion seeking to order federal prosecutors to sue Washington state rather
>than attempt to seize the slot machines. The motion was denied.
>
>The ruling allows federal marshals to seize slots from the Spokane and
>Colville reservations before the outcome of any appeal, assistant U.S.
>attorney Jim Shively said.
>
>``We quite frankly wouldn't want to seize the machines if the tribes agree
>simply to turn them off pending the ruling (on the appeal),'' he said.
>
>As many as 600 people may be laid off at the Spokane tribe's four casinos,
>which have about 1,300 slots machines, Kieffer said. ``Without the slots,
>we'll definitely have to close our doors,'' he said.
>
>Last summer, U.S. attorney's offices here and in Seattle began civil
>forfeiture actions to seize more than 2,000 gambling machines operated by the
>Spokanes, the Colvilles and the Shoalwater Bay tribe in western Washington.
>
>In September, a federal judge in Seattle ordered the 108 Shoalwater machines
>seized. They were removed within a few days, but an appeal is pending.
>
>Federal law provides an exemption from the Johnson Act if states either enter
>into compacts with tribes to allow Nevada-style gaming, such as slot
machines,
>or pass laws to allow tribes to operate such devices.
>
>Washington state contends slot machines are illegal under state law and
cannot
>be negotiated into a compact. Slots are allowed in Indian casinos in 23
>states, the National Indian Gaming Commission said.
>
>AP-NY-12-11-98 0711EST
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