Today, VGT manufactures and distributes 20,000 bingo-based gaming terminals in more than 140 tribal casinos. Headquartered in Tennessee, Justice Clarence Thomas believes the Rogers County lawsuit against VGT warranted the court’s review.<\/p>\n
\nThis case presents a square conflict on an important question: Does federal law silently pre-empt state laws assessing taxes on ownership of electronic gambling equipment when that equipment is located on tribal land, but owned by non-Indians?” Thomas asked.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Thomas says that while the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled yes, several years ago the federal Second Circuit said no. “This disagreement alone merits review,” the justice declared.<\/p>\n
“Because the Court declines to take up this case, geographical happenstance will continue to play an outsized role in a State\u2019s ability to raise revenues, and pre-emption law will remain amorphous. The State of Oklahoma deserves more respect under our Constitution’s federal system than we give it today,” Thomas concluded.<\/p>\n
Tribal Gaming<\/b><\/h2>\n
VGT will not be required to pay property taxes on its distributed gaming terminals. But there are numerous other tribal gaming lawsuits that remain undecided in Oklahoma.<\/p>\n
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Most importantly is Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt’s (R) challenge that he has the power to negotiate new gaming compacts with the state’s 35 federally recognized tribes that operate Class III gaming (slot machines and table games). The first-term governor contends that their 15-year revenue-sharing agreements with the state expired January 1, 2020.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The tribes say they automatically renewed for another 15-year run.<\/p>\n
The contentious legal battle remains pending<\/a> in Washington, DC federal court. The lawsuit against Stitt has been brought by the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Citizen Potawatomi Nations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The United States Supreme Court will not review a lawsuit brought by officials in an Oklahoma county against a video gaming manufacturer that is a major supplier for Native American casinos in the Sooner State. Last year, the Rogers County Board of Tax Roll Corrections filed suit against Video Gaming Technologies Inc. (VGT), claiming that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":152481,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60,18456],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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