Oklahoma tribes have been sharing between four and six percent of their GGR from slots and tables with the state. Stitt, a member of the Cherokee Nation, has called for the state to receive more of the casino winnings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The first-term governor alleges that tribes are unlawfully operating gaming because of his assertion that the compacts have terminated. The Cherokee, Chickasaw, and Choctaw nations filed a lawsuit January 1 against Stitt, requesting a federal court to reject the governor’s claims.<\/p>\n
The litigation, which has since been joined by numerous other tribes in Oklahoma, has been ordered into mediation. But its resolution is being delayed by the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n
The Otoe-Missouria Tribe and Comanche Nation’s new compacts provide them with the privilege to operate sports betting. However, the Native American casinos will not be permitted to take action on collegiate games involving Oklahoma schools, nor college sports occurring within the state.<\/p>\n
\nThe compacts add, “For the avoidance of doubt, even if it should be found that the State’s conduct of Event Wagering is in violation of the State’s obligations, if any, under compacts with other Oklahoma tribes, such a finding shall have no effect on the Tribe’s right to engage in Event Wagering.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
The Oklahoma Indian Gaming Association (OIGA) was quick to respond.<\/p>\n
“Governor Stitt does not have the authority to do what he claims to have done today. Without the engagement of the Oklahoma legislature, he has entered agreements based on a claim of unilateral State authority to legalize sportsbooks, to revamp the Oklahoma Lottery, and to authorize new gaming facilities in Norman and Stillwater, among other places. That’s simply not the law,” said OIGA Chair Matthew Morgan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Two Oklahoma tribes have reached new compacts with the state to continue lawfully operating Class III gaming (slot machines and table games) at their tribal casinos. Governor Kevin Stitt (R) announced today that new 15-year gaming compacts had been reached with the Otoe-Missouria Tribe and Comanche Nation. The Otoe-Missouria Tribe, headquartered in Red Rock, owns […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":133655,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1074,18456],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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