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Ho-Chunk Nation loses bid for Wis. cigarette tax refund 

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The Ho-Chunk Nation has lost a legal bid to receive thousands of dollars in cigarette tax refunds from the state.

The tribe was seeking a refund on cigarette taxes collected on sales at its DeJope Gaming property in Madison for portions of 2003 and 2004.

The Ho-Chunk cited a state law that allows tribes to get refunds on 70 percent of cigarette taxes collected on tribal lands designated before 1983.

But a state appeals court says the DeJope property was not an Indian land until 1983

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