DraftKings and FanDuel<\/a> won’t be entering the market anytime soon. The tribe is expected to use International Game Technology’s PlaySports platform. But other than that, there won’t be other partnerships, meaning the tribe keeps a bigger slice of revenue for itself.<\/p>\nFamiliar Tactic<\/h2>\n
Tribes using their federally regulated status to launch sports betting isn’t unheard of. It’s essentially how sports wagering came to life in New Mexico.<\/p>\n
The tactic capitalizes not only on tribal sovereignty and the PASPA ruling but also on some states not having laws that explicitly forbid sports wagering, which is the case in New Mexico and Wyoming.<\/p>\n
For the Cowboy State, having some form of sports wagering is practical, and it could behoove politicians there to consider more expansive policy because of geographic threats.<\/p>\n
A tribe in neighboring North Dakota could use a similar ploy as Northern Arapaho is using to debut sports wagering there. And South Dakota voters could sign off on the activity on Election Day.<\/p>\n
Two of Wyoming’s other neighbors — Colorado and Montana — are already on the \u201clive and legal\u201d roster. Meaning that after this year’s elections, the only states sharing borders with Wyoming that won’t have sports wagering are Idaho, Nebraska, and Utah<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wyoming’s Northern Arapaho Tribe is looking to leverage its status as a sovereign entity. This would allow the tribe to bring sports wagering to the Cowboy State. The Native American group, which runs the Wind River Hotel & Casino in Riverton, says it answers to federal regulators when it comes to its gaming operations, not […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":153149,"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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