Gambling in Texas has been a big topic for several years now. After a failed vote in Austin last year, a Las Vegas group is continuing their push to legalize it.
Tons of money and effort has been spent to make gambling in Texas legal, but those efforts have fallen flat despite Texans wanting legal casino gambling.
UTEP officials held a news conference today to discuss allegations of point shaving, or game fixing, by two of the players on the Men's Basketball team. Turns out, there is no evidence of point shaving, but three players on the team are no longer on the team, and no longer UTEP students, because they bet on sporting events.
The Tigua Indian Tribe used to operate a casin inside of the Speaking Rock Entertainment Center in the Lower Valley. It was closed back in 2002, but a bill making it's way through the Texas Legislature could change all that. Could casino gambling be coming back to El Paso?