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Don’t Mess with This Guy!

Sure enough it was only a matter of time before the tribes found themselves getting sued by someone. The fact of the matter is that the tribes across the nation cannot be sued as they have tribal sovereignty and cannot be taken to court. However, Sam Bregman is trying to change that as he feels that there is no reason why the tribes cannot be sued. He was playing a slot machine at the New Mexico tribe Sandia Pueblo’s Sandia Resort and Casino. He had won a big jackpot of $1.6 million, but the tribe said that it was a slot machine malfunction and therefore they did not have to pay. Instead, they gave him $365 and two dinner passes.

Bregman says that these tribes lure non tribal members to their casinos to play the slot machines and then they do not have to pay out if they do not want to. He has taken the case to the state of New Mexico who refused to allow the case to move forward. They said that the tribe cannot be sued. So now he is taking the case to the Supreme Court as he says that it is not fair that the tribes can behave how they want and get away with it.

The tribe says that the slot machine said right on the front that it did not pay more than $2,500 and that if there is a malfunction that they will not have to pay out. They said that this is the only malfunction that the tribe has had with this slot machine and that sometimes it happens. They argue that it is the same at any other casino, if you win on a slot machine that had a malfunction you don’t get that money - end of story.

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