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February 09, 2010
Appeals Court Grants Cherokee Exclusive Video Poker License
By Michael Lowrey

RALEIGH — In a Dec. 22 decision, the N.C. Court of Appeals held that the state’s general ban on video poker is legal. In doing so, North Carolina’s second highest court ruled that federal law allows the state to grant the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians the exclusive right to operate video poker within the state.