Poker: Poarch Holds Off Poker

Published on Friday, November 26, 2004 9:14:00 PM

The Poarch Creek Indians have put their poker game plans for Atmore on hold. In a statement sent to the Atmore Advance Monday, the Poarch Band of Creek Indians announced an indefinite delay to the start of poker games at the Creek Indian Bingo Palace located on AL 21 north of Atmore.

Tribal officials, from the tribal chairman to the president and CFO of Creek Indian Enterprises were out of town and unavailable for comment.

When asked about the statement, tribal spokeswoman Sharon Delmar said it was self-explanatory and would not comment further.

The release comes from the tribe shortly before Alabama Attorney General Troy King said he would announce the conclusion of his months-long investigation into gaming at the state's dog tracks and Indian reservations.

In recent published reports, King said he would release his conclusions within weeks.

Plans were in place at the tribe to begin running poker games at the bingo palace starting in late November.

In an October interview, Arthur Mothershed, CFO of the tribe's gaming operations, said it planned to hire as many as 50 employees to work the poker games.

A room is being constructed in the bingo palace for the games and operations will start with 9 tables for seven to 10 players at a time.

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