It was the village’s position at oral arguments Tuesday in Manhattan that the casino in question, Lakeside Entertainment, should not be considered part of the Cayuga Nation’s reservation.
District Judge David Hurd in Utica found its local gambling laws preempted by the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, a federal statute passed in 1988 to regulate the conduct of gaming on “Indian lands.” Union Springs wants a reversal after U.S. The village of Union Springs argued that it should be able to enforce a 1958 ordinance restricting games of chance - although the village does allow the occasional charity bingo game, like in the case of fire department fundraisers. MANHATTAN (CN) - In what appeared to be a losing battle, a village in the Finger Lakes region of New York mounted their case Tuesday to restrict gambling at a reservation casino run by Cayuga Nation members.
