At the time this column is being written, the decision by a three-judge panel is not yet final. The United States Attorneys, representing the losing party, may appeal the decision to the entire Ninth Circuit or the U.S. Supreme Court. However, there is very little chance such an appeal will be heard. Other cases involving similar issues are being heard in courts in other parts of the country. The U.S. Supreme Court will then be called upon to decide the issue.
Some courts are notoriously anti-Indian.
So, it is possible that tribes will lose the right to operate linked bingo machines in one part of the country, while they can run them everywhere else. The particular video game involved is MegaMania, although similar gaming devices are manufactured by other suppliers. MegaMania lets players purchase up to four bingo cards at 25 cents per card. Numbers are drawn in set of three. After each set, players must pay an additional quarter for each card they want to continue playing.