

With recent actions, battles are heating up in Arkansas county featuring casino rivals, citizen opponents
In 2018, when Arkansas voters approved an amendment to bring four casinos to four counties, it seemed that gaming was about to explode.
Six years later, three of those four counties have open and operating casinos (Saracen Casino, Oaklawn Hot Springs, and Southland Casino Hotel). The one holdout? Pope County. And more than 160,000 Arkansas voters are hoping to keep it that way.
Additionally, Gulfside Casino Partnership has filed a lawsuit to block the casino after a failed attempt to be the developers…
This week, a group named Local Voters in Charge (LVC) submitted around 162,000 signatures for a petition that could profoundly impact gaming in Pope County and beyond.
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