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Video Poker 247 - Video Poker Out, Jobs In

The Catawba Indian Reservation was dealt a harsh blow when they were denied video poker by the state of South Carolina. They argued that they needed the revenue from the video poker to support their tribe, and without it they would suffer. It was a decision they did not expect, nor did they want.

However, just as their video poker request was being denied, jobs became available on the reservation again. For three years the Catawba Indian Nation has not been able to hire new employees as they have not had the federal funding to do so. However, within hours of losing their video poker request, they learned that their federal funding had been reinstated.

They are overjoyed to say the least that they will be able to hire ten employees immediately, and will be able to add even more jobs next year. They have been trying to stay afloat for a long time, and learning of the video poker decision was defeating in itself. But this new turnaround of fortune has them thanking their lucky stars.

Each year the tribes get federal money to fund their payrolls, and when the checks stopped coming in 2004 they had to lay 60 people off. Former tribal leaders had not done the audits they were required to, and thus the government pulled their funding. Volunteers have been keeping the place running. With an unemployment rate of more than 40% - the funding is a welcome respite from the depression that had set in knowing that video poker was not to be.
 

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