A lawsuit in Minnesota, filed over the alleged offering of illegal games by tribal operators, reached a dead end earlier this week. That is the case for a legal dispute filed by the operator of a harness racing track and a simulcast racing and poker room, Running Aces Casino Hotel and Racetrack.
District Court Judge Dismisses Lawsuit
Initially, the legal claim was filed by the operator and named more than two dozen executives from two federally recognized Native American Tribes, the Prairie Island Indian Community and the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe. Subsequently, the legal claim was revised with the addition of casino executives from the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community.
Ultimately, the lawsuit alleged that the tribal operators offered card games that violated the federal and state gambling laws. The executives were named defendants in the lawsuit, considering that they represented the tribal operators of the five tribal casinos that allegedly offered illegal games.
In an unexpected turn of events for Running Aces, a federal district court judge recently dismissed the lawsuit filed against the tribal casino executives, MPR News reports. The decision came on Tuesday by US District Court Chief Judge Patrick Schiltz…