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Ohio tribal casino options examined16 November 2007MONROE, Ohio -- As reported by the Middletown Journal: "Monroe City Council and its administrators are trying to determine what the Eastern Shawnee Tribe has to do to locate a casino in the community. "The tribe has approached the city to amend its agreement to change locations of a proposed casino. The group has apparently entered into an option for a 123-acre parcel in Turtle Creek Twp. in Warren County. This voids the previous agreement. "...The tribe has two options available to it to try and bring casino gambling to Monroe: it can either seek a land claim or trust, according to University of Dayton law professor Blake Watson. "The West Seneca, Okla., tribe can gamble on land that the federal government places in trust if that land is part of a settlement of a land claim, said Watson, who specializes in property and federal Indian law. "...Watson said the Shawnee also can buy a piece of property or have an option on a piece of property in Monroe, but the tribe cannot gamble on it unless it gets the federal government to place it into trust..." |