Start with some light reading and work your way up. Keep "tribal sovereignty" in mind along your journey of enlightenment...
Native American gaming - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tribal sovereignty in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thanks for proving my assertions for me..
Native American gaming enterprises are gaming businesses operated on Indian reservations or tribal land in the United States. Indian tribes have limited sovereignty over these businesses and therefore are granted the ability to establish gambling enterprises outside of direct state regulation.
Aw, but you omitted some critical reality regarding "outside of direct state regulation"...