Like the existing Grand Casino Coushatta in Allen Parish, it would be operating in a sovereign Indian nation outside the jurisdiction of such votes. The Choctaw proposal would not need a local-option vote of the people to open.

The proposed Choctaw casino would compete with the four existing Calcasieu Parish riverboat casinos, a race track slot parlor in West Calcasieu, another Indian casino near Kinder on Allen Parish, and perhaps, a fifth riverboat casino in Lake Charles, if it passes a local option vote this spring. Vinton has been one of several sites the tribe has looked at in the past year for a casino, according to local developers. The tribes that own and operate approved Indian casinos are the Chitimacha Tribe, Coushatta Tribe, Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe and Jena Band of Choctaw Indians. Martin said no gaming could occur until this process about the tribal land is completed. 'They have to apply to have lands which they own taken into trust to become a reservation.' 'The (Choctaw) tribe right now does not actually have any sort of reservation,' Martin said.

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