Big horse races translate into big bucks for El Paso region - 2004-03-26 The El Paso region is expected to be the leading horse racing location in the country this weekend with the running of the second annual WinStar Oaks and Derby today and Sunday at Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino.
State Line Restaurant, close to the entrance to Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino, was preparing for a busy weekend Friday. Last year's inaugural WinStar races meant at least a 20 percent rise in business for the well-known barbecue restaurant. Read the full story at Borderland News
North Carolina's Cherokees fight over bloodlines and cash - 2004-03-26 Following decades in poverty, a scramble for newfound casino wealth has turned one of the country's most storied tribes against itself in a fight over bloodlines and who can be seen as a real Cherokee.
At the middle of the conflict is the 60,000-square-foot Harrah's Cherokee Casino that seven years ago altered the tribe's chronically depressed reservation into the sole place in North Carolina where individuals can legally gamble. Read the full story at News Observer
