[Phantom Lord]

What right does the state have to ban smoking in casinos located on Indian Reservations, which are in effect soverign nations?

If I was the tribe leader I would tell Del. to go suck it.

And one thing I do not understand, since Reservations are NOT subject to US law, why do they need permission to open casinos on their land?

[Gabz]

There are no reservations in Delaware.

The Casinos are semi-private enterprises located at the 3 horserace tracks.

I say semi-private because technically gambling, except on site pari mutuel is illegal. The Casnos are not really casinos but "video lottery" establisments and thus under the control of the State Lottery Commission - the state gets 35% of the take.

[Still Thinking]

And one thing I do not understand, since Reservations are NOT subject to US law, why do they need permission to open casinos on their land?

This issue has always been kind of confusing to me. I have used that same argument here in Arizona about votes held in the general elections that decided issues involving Indian gaming. The aspect of the issue I find confusing is that I believe Indians are US citizens (remember the flap when Reagan said something that implied that they were not), enjoy all the rights of such, and presumably pay income tax, so are the reservations separate nations or not?