Why do the native people of north america own many casinos there?
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Through a set of agreements between the Indian nations and the US Government the Indians is considered separate nations from the rest of the US, but still the same country. Essentially their status is given by the federal government and not the state government so state law does not apply on Indian reserves. They still have to follow federal laws as well as their own laws but not state law. The federal laws does not ban gambling but most of the state laws do. So an Indian reserve can chose for themselves if gambling should be allowed or not. That means that even if gambling is illegal in a state you might find casinos in an Indian reserve within that state.
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