The tribe paid the amount sought by the IRS and then filed a claim for reimbursement, averring that the tribe was exempt from such taxes under the provisions of Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA), 25 U.S.C. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) advised the tribe that the tribe owed excise taxes and federal occupational taxes on revenue generated from the sales of these pull-tabs to the public. The Chickasaw Nation operated several business, and used a pull-tab, similar to a scratch-off lottery ticket, to generate revenue for the tribe. 84 (2001), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that Indian tribes were liable for taxes on gambling operations under 25 U.S.C. Stevens īreyer, joined by Rehnquist, Stevens, Kennedy, Ginsburg Scalia, Thomas (all but Part II-B) §§ 2701– 2721.Ĭhief Justice William Rehnquist Associate Justices John P. Indian tribes were liable for taxes on gambling operations under 25 U.S.C. 2000) (first judgment) Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma v. 'With such a high resolution and great viewing angles, the picture is crystal clear from anywhere in the sports bar.'Ĭhoctaw Casino & Resort–Durant is a three-level convention/entertainment venue whose amenities include swimming, shopping, dining, and spa, plus The District, an entertainment complex with dining, bowling lanes, a 70-game arcade, and a movie theater.Chickasaw Nation v. 'It's the design and the sheer size of this video wall that strikes you,' Doug Fundator, director of sales for SNA Displays, said in the release. The flat middle section is flanked with bookend sections, each of which includes a 24-foot concave radius. The video wall was designed in three large sections, each a little more than 31 feet long. The display, which was manufactured from SNA Displays' BOLD Interior product series, features a 2.5 millimeter pixel pitch and a resolution of 1,440x11,520 pixels, for a total of more than 16 million pixels. Content can span the entire canvas or be segmented into several large screens or dozens of smaller ones. The video wall is 11-feet, 10-inches tall by 94-feet, 6-inches long and curves around the large sports bar, The League, providing information and entertainment for bar patrons and bettors. The direct-view video wall is located in the main sports bar of the property's Sky Tower hotel expansion which opened in 2021. The video wall was manufactured by SNA Displays and installed by AVI Systems, according to a company press release. Choctaw Casinos & Resorts has added a large LED video wall to its flagship location in Durant, Oklahoma.

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