By Howard Fischer | Capitol Media Services/YourWestValley.com
The state’s top gaming official is trying to get a federal judge to rule that lies he contends the Tohono O’odham Nation told more than a decade ago prevent the tribe from operating full-scale casino gaming now near Glendale.
In a new filing in federal court here, Daniel Bergin details through his attorneys instances where he said voters and others were told that a 2002 ballot measure giving tribes the exclusive right to operate casinos would mean no new gaming operations in the Phoenix area.