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LAS CRUCES — The New Mexico Gaming Control Board is investigating whether a poker tournament hosted earlier this week in Akela by the Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma was improper.

But the tribe contends the state has no jurisdiction over its 30-acre parcel of federal trust land, where the tournament took place.

Denis Floge, manager for the tribe’s Apache Homelands Casino, said staff with the tribe heard from state gaming officers Tuesday.

“One of our managers got a call from the state Gaming Control Board and wanted to set up and interview with him,” Floge said. The manager “basically told him they didn’t have any jurisdiction here.”

Tribal Chairman Jeff Houser said after the incident he contacted the Gaming Control Board.

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State looks into legality of casino’s poker tournament – Las Cruces Sun-News

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