Tribal casino? Not so fast

• E-mail

E-mail this article
To:
Invalid E-mail address
Add a personal message:(80 character limit) Your E-mail:
Invalid E-mail address

Sending your article
Your article has been sent.

The span between the signing of the law legalizing casino gambling in Massachusetts and the filing of the first legal challenge to that law was measured in hours, not days. It likely won’t be the last challenge to the new law, either. In their first defense of the Massachusetts casino law, lawyers defending the state unwittingly stepped into a bitter gambling showdown in Washington state. The Washington dispute shows that Indian gambling - the cause of the first challenge to the Massachusetts casino law - is a legal minefield right now. All the blind optimism in the world can’t change that fact.

To continue, please sign up or log in to BostonGlobe.com

Access the full articles and quality reporting of The Boston Globe at BostonGlobe.com

Sign up

Unlimited Access to BostonGlobe.com for 4 weeks for only 99¢.

Sign up

Are you a Boston Globe home delivery subscriber?

Get FREE access as part of your print subscription.

Start here

BostonGlobe.com subscriber

Click to continue reading this article or to log in to BostonGlobe.com.

• E-mail

E-mail this article
To:
Invalid E-mail address
Add a personal message:(80 character limit) Your E-mail:
Invalid E-mail address

Sending your article
Your article has been sent.