Snake Eyes for ‘Casino Jack’

In the winter of 2002, the Tiguas of West Texas, a small tribe of American Indians whose origins go back some 10,000 years, had come to a very modern understanding of money. After a history of grinding poverty, they suddenly found themselves rich. The money, nearly half a billion dollars of it, was generated by their 1,500-slot-machine, adobe-style Speaking Rock Casino on the outskirts of El Paso. But trouble was brewing. Texas-size trouble.