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Thread: Which states had legal gambling and what were their minimum ages in the mid-late 90s?

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    Specifically curious what states/indian casino areas (if any) had legal gambling for 18-20 year olds in that era?

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    Originally Posted by pepe View Post
    Specifically curious what states/indian casino areas (if any) had legal gambling for 18-20 year olds in that era?
    https://www.casino.org/local/guide/

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    Originally Posted by Prozema View Post
    Originally Posted by pepe View Post
    Specifically curious what states/indian casino areas (if any) had legal gambling for 18-20 year olds in that era?
    https://www.casino.org/local/guide/
    Did you see that in Oklahoma kids can play bingo at 16. That's got to be the lowest gambling age in the country.
    "More importantly, mickey thought 8-4 was two games over .500. Argued about it. C'mon, man. Nothing can top that for math expertise. If GWAE ever has you on again, you can be sure I'll be calling in with that gem.'Nuff said." REDIETZ

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    OP's thread should be interesting as it brings up the history of Indian Gaming. From what I've read the roots of Indian Gaming lay in a tax case in the 70's in Minnesota. This Indian couple living on Indian land received a property tax bill from the county. They figured the county had no right to tax them so took it to court. They lost the case and the appeals all the way up until they got to SCOTUS. SCOTUS ruled that not only did the county or state not have the right to tax Indian land, but they also had no right to control activities on Indian land. That led to tribes opening up bingo halls.
    "More importantly, mickey thought 8-4 was two games over .500. Argued about it. C'mon, man. Nothing can top that for math expertise. If GWAE ever has you on again, you can be sure I'll be calling in with that gem.'Nuff said." REDIETZ

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    Time do do away with the tribal land bullshit.

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    Originally Posted by mickeycrimm View Post
    Originally Posted by Prozema View Post
    Originally Posted by pepe View Post
    Specifically curious what states/indian casino areas (if any) had legal gambling for 18-20 year olds in that era?
    https://www.casino.org/local/guide/
    Did you see that in Oklahoma kids can play bingo at 16. That's got to be the lowest gambling age in the country.

    In the U.K, you can play Lottery at 16 and gamble in Casino at 18.....
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    Well Pepe was asking about legal age in the mid to late 90's as opposed to current legal age in various areas. The age restriction legislation may have remained constant or it may not have.

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    Originally Posted by mickeycrimm View Post
    Originally Posted by Prozema View Post
    Originally Posted by pepe View Post
    Specifically curious what states/indian casino areas (if any) had legal gambling for 18-20 year olds in that era?
    https://www.casino.org/local/guide/
    Did you see that in Oklahoma kids can play bingo at 16. That's got to be the lowest gambling age in the country.
    ME also. I've not played much bingo in ME. I visited ME once. It was July. I needed a sweatshirt.

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    Originally Posted by tableplay View Post
    Well Pepe was asking about legal age in the mid to late 90's as opposed to current legal age in various areas. The age restriction legislation may have remained constant or it may not have.
    LOL. Missed that 90s thing... I had a fake ID until 1997 so I never figured it out.

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    When I turned 18, my dad took me to the Ho-Chunk in Wisconsin. That would have been in the mid nineties.

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    Originally Posted by ddb1 View Post
    When I turned 18, my dad took me to the Ho-Chunk in Wisconsin. That would have been in the mid nineties.
    At that time, I would guess he would not have known that you would become an expert double double bonus video poker player.

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    I went to the dog track in Kansas as a kid. As well as the bingo halls there and in Oklahoma. Sat at the bar in town too with my grandpa. Late 70's and early 80's. Then again when I lived on the farm for 2 years I drove to school and back to my grandparents farm when I was in 3rd and 4th grade. Not sure if any of it was legal except for farm kids being allowed to drive. People weren't a bunch of bitches back then. Especially in rural America.

    Rest in Peace to the kids of today.

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    Originally Posted by MaxPen View Post
    I went to the dog track in Kansas as a kid. As well as the bingo halls there and in Oklahoma. Sat at the bar in town too with my grandpa. Late 70's and early 80's. Then again when I lived on the farm for 2 years I drove to school and back to my grandparents farm when I was in 3rd and 4th grade. Not sure if any of it was legal except for farm kids being allowed to drive. People weren't a bunch of bitches back then. Especially in rural America.

    Rest in Peace to the kids of today.
    And if the dems cheat their way to two senate wins in Georgia it will be,
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    Originally Posted by mickeycrimm View Post
    OP's thread should be interesting as it brings up the history of Indian Gaming. From what I've read the roots of Indian Gaming lay in a tax case in the 70's in Minnesota. This Indian couple living on Indian land received a property tax bill from the county. They figured the county had no right to tax them so took it to court. They lost the case and the appeals all the way up until they got to SCOTUS. SCOTUS ruled that not only did the county or state not have the right to tax Indian land, but they also had no right to control activities on Indian land. That led to tribes opening up bingo halls.
    Mickey, not sure that is the correct story. The start of Indian gaming happened in the U.P. of MI with Fred Dakota better known as the Father of Indian Casino Gaming. I have talked with Fred (well mostly just said "hi") when I saw him in the casino. Very interesting character. The first tribal casino also happened in the U.P. with Bay Mills being the first to offer games beside Bingo. Here is Fred's story.
    http://www.indiangaming.com/istore/Jan10_Dakota.pdf

    https://www.cmich.edu/library/clarke...-Michigan.aspx
    Last edited by Midwest Player; 12-04-2020 at 02:33 AM.

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    Originally Posted by Midwest Player View Post
    Originally Posted by mickeycrimm View Post
    OP's thread should be interesting as it brings up the history of Indian Gaming. From what I've read the roots of Indian Gaming lay in a tax case in the 70's in Minnesota. This Indian couple living on Indian land received a property tax bill from the county. They figured the county had no right to tax them so took it to court. They lost the case and the appeals all the way up until they got to SCOTUS. SCOTUS ruled that not only did the county or state not have the right to tax Indian land, but they also had no right to control activities on Indian land. That led to tribes opening up bingo halls.
    Mickey, not sure that is the correct story. The start of Indian gaming happened in the U.P. of MI with Fred Dakota better known as the Father of Indian Casino Gaming. I have talked with Fred (well mostly just said "hi") when I saw him in the casino. Very interesting character. The first tribal casino also happened in the U.P. with Bay Mills being the first to offer games beside Bingo. Here is Fred's story.
    http://www.indiangaming.com/istore/Jan10_Dakota.pdf

    https://www.cmich.edu/library/clarke...-Michigan.aspx
    The tax case made it possible for Fred to do what he did.
    "More importantly, mickey thought 8-4 was two games over .500. Argued about it. C'mon, man. Nothing can top that for math expertise. If GWAE ever has you on again, you can be sure I'll be calling in with that gem.'Nuff said." REDIETZ

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    Originally Posted by jbjb View Post
    Time do do away with the tribal land bullshit.
    why would you want that that removes a lot of places we can play?

    Main reason for the question is for planning what to do if I ever get a chance to Quantum Leap myself lol. Besides get in on the Google and Amazon IPOs, and getting Bitcoin when that becomes a thing...

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    Originally Posted by pepe View Post
    Originally Posted by jbjb View Post
    Time do do away with the tribal land bullshit.
    why would you want that that removes a lot of places we can play?

    Main reason for the question is for planning what to do if I ever get a chance to Quantum Leap myself lol. Besides get in on the Google and Amazon IPOs, and getting Bitcoin when that becomes a thing...
    They can keep their businesses, but get rid of the tribal sovereignty bullshit and have them regulated by the gaming commissions in the states they reside in.

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    Originally Posted by jbjb View Post
    Originally Posted by pepe View Post
    Originally Posted by jbjb View Post
    Time do do away with the tribal land bullshit.
    why would you want that that removes a lot of places we can play?

    Main reason for the question is for planning what to do if I ever get a chance to Quantum Leap myself lol. Besides get in on the Google and Amazon IPOs, and getting Bitcoin when that becomes a thing...
    They can keep their businesses, but get rid of the tribal sovereignty bullshit and have them regulated by the gaming commissions in the states they reside in.
    that would make them illegal in some states where they are currently only legal because of the tribal thing

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    Originally Posted by pepe View Post
    Specifically curious what states/indian casino areas (if any) had legal gambling for 18-20 year olds in that era?
    I recall years ago going to an Indian joint at Lake Chelan in Washington state; my son brought a young lady friend who had ID saying she was eighteen.

    Eighteen was the legal age then.

    Come to find out the two of them out foxed me: she was much younger (fake ID).

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    Fake IDs where easy to get into bars/casinos etc 25-30 years ago, now probably a lot harder to succeed.

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