by Christina Monroe | Dec 6, 2020 11:27 am | Regulatory
Numerous states are considering sports betting legislation in 2021 as a new revenue stream to help bridge the huge gaps caused by the Coronavirus Pandemic. All of these states made progress in the 2020 legislative sessions only to be thwarted by the time constraints...
by Christina Monroe | Oct 9, 2020 11:45 am | Regulatory
After nearly three months, the courts of Oklahoma have decided that two Tribal Gaming Compacts that included legal sports betting are null and void. Governor Kevin Stitt cleared a path for the Comanche Nation and Otoe-Missouria Tribes to provide sportsbooks at their...
by Giovanni Shorter | Jul 21, 2020 5:14 pm | Regulatory
Oklahoma Supreme Court rules 7-1 against compact agreements between the governor and tribal casinos that would allow sportsbooks in their venues. Legislators argue that the compacts are invalid as sports betting is outlawed in Oklahoma, making any agreement on the...
by Christina Monroe | Jul 1, 2020 5:18 pm | Regulatory
The validity of the new Comanche Nation and Otoe-Missouria Tribes gaming compacts that allow legal sports betting in Oklahoma got its first court appearance on Wednesday. Oklahoma maintains that Governor Kevin Stitt, who greenlit Tribal sportsbooks does not have the...
by Carter Floyd | Jun 22, 2020 11:48 am | Regulatory
Oklahoma District Judge Timothy DeGiusti declined to issue a legal opinion on Governor Kevin Stitt’s decision to unilaterally negotiate new gaming compacts with the Otoe-Missouria and Comanche tribes. These new compacts legalized sports betting for the two tribes, but...
