21.   It said it would decide within two weeks whether it wanted to offer financing in return for operating the casino.

22.   It also owns a riverboat casino in Tunica, Miss. and operates casinos in Egypt, the Dutch Antilles and Australia.

23.   It also raises the stakes in the long-running battle between the state and the tribes that operate casinos.

24.   It is hypocritical, he said, for Texas to operate a lottery while forbidding the Indians to operate a casino.

25.   ITT operates casinos in both states.

26.   Las Vegas-based Ameristar also operates two casinos in tiny Jackpot, Nev., near the Idaho border.

27.   Lockyer, who regulates gambling in the state, received contributions from Indian tribes operating casinos, card clubs and horse racing tracks.

28.   London Clubs International already operates a casino in the Ritz hotel, one of seven it operates in the capital.

29.   Mauro said the two Texas tribes operating casinos are doing nothing illegal.

30.   Most Indian casinos are modest affairs, far from urban areas, and the tribes usually operate the casinos themselves, hiring a few outsiders to help.