If ever there was a time for discussions between American Indian gambling interests and Minnesota officials, it is now. Each year when the Legislature convenes, new proposals for non-Indian gambling are floated, and, for the most part, defeated. But they aren't going to go away.

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SAN JOSE, California – As reported by the San Jose Mercury News: "For generations, the poker room has been portrayed as a smoke-filled parlor where whiskey-drinking, tobacco-chewing gamblers would rather shoot you than let you take the pot with a pair of fives.

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