{"id":109878,"date":"2019-07-22T12:06:13","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T19:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=109878"},"modified":"2019-07-22T12:17:20","modified_gmt":"2019-07-22T19:17:20","slug":"seneca-nation-asserts-right-to-offer-sports-betting-despite-compact-spat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/seneca-nation-asserts-right-to-offer-sports-betting-despite-compact-spat\/","title":{"rendered":"Seneca Nation Asserts Right to Offer Sports Betting Despite New York\u2019s Declaration of Compact Violation"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Seneca Nation said Friday it was \u201cmaking preparations\u201d to launch sports betting at its three casino properties in western New York State. The statement comes as the first legal sports book opened its doors last week at the Rivers Casino in Schenectady, a commercial casino.<\/p>\n

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The Seneca Nation expects to launch sports betting shortly at its three casinos in western New York State, including the Seneca Niagara (pictured) but it’s unclear how its $220 million dispute with the state will impact its ambitions, if at all. (Image: Seneca Nation)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Nation was previously the only of New York\u2019s four tribal operators that had yet to commit to launching sportsbook operations.<\/p>\n

Tribal operators are permitted to offer sports betting under the terms of their compacts, provided it exists commercially elsewhere in the state, but for the Senecas it may be more complicated. New York State has declared the Nation to be in breach of its gaming compact.<\/p>\n

The Nation is engaged<\/a> in a $255 million-and-counting revenue-sharing dispute with the Governor\u2019s Office in Albany and is currently seeking to have federal judge vacate a legally binding arbitrators\u2019 decision that puts it on the hook for the full whack.<\/p>\n

Compact Spat<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Seneca negotiated a compact with New York in 2002. This granted it exclusivity on casino gaming in a large part of Western New York in return for a quarter of its slots revenues. But in March 2017, the tribe began withholding payments because, it claimed, its obligation to make them had expired in 2016.<\/p>\n

The original compact was set to roll over after 14 years, provided no objection was raised by either party. But the Seneca argue there is no language in the compact that states revenue-share payments should continue after the 2016 rollover.<\/p>\n

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The tribe claims the arbitrator\u2019s ruling in favour of the state amounts to an illegal amendment to the compact, which would need to be approved by the Department of the Interior to be legitimate, but the department has declined a request to examine it. Nevertheless, the tribe believes New York has violated federal law.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

This means the standoff will continue — at least until a federal judge in Buffalo gets to rule on the situation. Where that leaves the Seneca and sports betting is unclear, and Assemblyman Joseph M. Giglio (R-148th) admitted to the Olean Times Herald<\/em> that he had no clue either.<\/p>\n

State \u2018Cooperative\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Nation, for its part, was assertive of its compact rights in its statement on Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur right to offer this now-approved offering is clearly outlined in our compact,\u201d it said. \u201cAs we continue to work through the process of finalizing our plans, our discussions with New York State officials to date have been cooperative.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was looking forward to “making this amenity available for our patrons in Niagara Falls, Buffalo, and Salamanca,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n

The Nation is keeping the disputed funds in an escrow account so it can pay up if it ultimately loses the fight, but in the meantime the residents of Niagara Falls, Buffalo, and Salamanca are going without the funds they formerly received as host communities.<\/p>\n

Cash-strapped Niagara Falls, which had become dependent on the payments, is particularly hard hit and last year had to be bailed out<\/a> by the state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Seneca Nation said Friday it was \u201cmaking preparations\u201d to launch sports betting at its three casino properties in western New York State. The statement comes as the first legal sports book opened its doors last week at the Rivers Casino in Schenectady, a commercial casino. 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