Move has been criticised by non-Tribal gaming operators who will not be permitted to offer sports betting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
US.- Washington State Senators <\/strong><\/em>have passed a Bill that would legalise sports betting at Native American tribal casinos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Minor amendments made to the Bill mean it must be re-approved by the House before 12 March when the legislature ends, but this is considered a formality and the Bill is expected to be forwarded to Governor Jay Inslee to sign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe 29 tribes in Washington State have a deep historical experience overseeing responsible gaming for three decades,\u201d W. Ron Allen, CEO of Jamestown S\u2019Klallam Tribe, said in a statement issued after the vote. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe have a trusted, successful partnership with the state where we have effectively managed gaming in a controlled environment and avoided widespread expansion.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Opponents, such as card room operator Maverick Gaming, have vowed to spend tens of millions of dollars to block the bill from becoming law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOn behalf of our 2,200 employees and their families who live and work here in Washington State, we are profoundly disappointed that the State Senate has approved a tax-free monopoly for sports betting in Tribal casinos that is also tied to a manufactured \u2019emergency\u2019 to prevent a public vote,\u2019\u2019 Eric Persson, CEO of Maverick, said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThere is a win for all licensed gaming establishments that helps both Tribal and non-Tribal communities and lawmakers have decided not to pursue it, giving up millions of dollars in tax revenue that could support local and state priorities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Move has been criticised by non-Tribal gaming operators who will not be permitted to offer sports betting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":68357,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,6,6644],"tags":[6298,939],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68474"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68474"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777020564,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68474\/revisions\/777020564"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}