Janet Mills, the Maine Attorney General has stated that a new type of electronic bingo machine that the Penobscot Indian Nation want to introduce into their casino’s is illegal.
In an opinion which was issued last month, Mills said “that the machines violate state law because they determine the outcome of the game.”
But Wayne Mitchell, the Penobscot Tribal Rep. says he believes that the opinion Mills’ issued relies on federal law, rather than Maine statutes.
For two years the Penobscot Indian Nation have been trying to develop new electronic games that could be added to the tribe’s high-stakes bingo parlor on Indian Island. The system being developed works much like a slot machine, but Mills’ says the machine determines the winner.
It is believed that the tribe has a number of machines that are unused because the state hasn’t issued a license.
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