In 2022, Naskila Casino generated $212 million in revenue for Polk County according to a Texas Forest Country Partnership report prepared by the economic analysis firm TXP.
However, we had no choice and the Supreme Court decision confirmed that we were doing the right thing for our people and for the people who depend on Naskila Casino for their livelihoods.” It was not easy protecting our tribal sovereignty against the powerful elected officials in Texas. Ricky Sylestine, chairman of the tribal council of the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas, told Bluebonnet News, “The Supreme Court decision ended years of uncertainty for the tribe and for Naskila. Texas, benefited both the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo in El Paso and the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas in Livingston, which both operate electronic bingo facilities on their reservations. The Court ruled the state does not have the authority to prohibit electronic bingo on tribal lands, since state law does not prohibit electronic bingo.
Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas could continue to operate its electronic bingo venue, Naskila Casino, which opened in 2016.
