Arkansas Supreme Court rejects challenge to ballot measure that would revoke casino license
Regulation · 2024-10-15

Arkansas Supreme Court rejects challenge to ballot measure that would revoke casino license

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Supreme Court on Monday rejected part of a lawsuit challenging a measure on the ballot that would revoke the license issued for a planned casino.

Justices unanimously rejected the lawsuit’s claims that the measure should be disqualified for violating several laws regarding signature gathering. The court has yet to rule on a second part of the lawsuit challenging the wording of the ballot measure.

Cherokee Nation Entertainment, which had been awarded the license to build the casino in Pope County earlier this year, sued along with an affiliated group, the Arkansas Canvassing Compliance Committee.

A special master appointed by the court to review evidence disagreed with the lawsuit’s claim that Local Voters in Charge, the group behind the measure, did not submit required paperwork about its paid canvassers. The special master also rejected the lawsuit’s claim that the group violated a ban on paying canvassers per signature.

Local Voters in Charge said it was grateful for the ruling.

“Issue 2’s message of local voter control — that communities should have the final say on a casino in their own hometown — is resonating across the state,” Hans Stiritz, a spokesperson for the group, said in a statement. “We look forward to the court’s final decision on the ballot language challenge, with hope that the vote of the people will be counted on Issue 2 in November.”

Ads regarding the casino measure have been blanketing Arkansas’ airwaves. Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma has donated $5.6 million to Local Voters In Charge. Cherokee Nation Businesses has donated $2.8 million to Investing in Arkansas, the group campaigning against the measure.

The proposed amendment would revoke the license granted for a Pope County casino that has been hung up by legal challenges for the past several years. Pope County was one of four sites where casinos were allowed to be built under a constitutional amendment that voters approved in 2018. Casinos have already been set up in the other three locations.

熱門文章
新澤西州7月博彩收入創6.06億美元新高,頒布禁令
合規與政策
超級PAC籌資4800萬美元:體育博彩勢力加碼
合規與政策
越南在線博彩業政策收緊 催生市場新機遇
東南亞資訊
菲律賓博彩技術賽道迎來新變局,B2B 供應模式加速滲透
東南亞資訊
橫跨全球6個城市,灰度8場派對邀你共看世界盃,重塑高質量社交新場景
灰度頭條
菲律賓網絡賭博和加密貨幣仍構成持續的洗錢風險
東南亞資訊
越南博彩管控逐步放寬,惟本土需求仍顯乏力
東南亞資訊
灰度在iGB L!VE 2026展位T70和你相約7月,一起點燃倫敦的熱情!
灰度頭條
GGC Awards 2026 璀璨科倫坡:致敬 iGaming 行業的領航者與創新力量
灰度頭條
英國確認各垂直行業的賭博稅稅率
合規與政策
印度最高法院受理公益訴訟,要求全國禁封「偽裝」成社交遊戲的賭博平台
合規與政策
印第安納州在線賭場法案在眾議院委員會停滯不前
合規與政策
哈薩克計劃對線上賭場促銷活動進行處罰
合規與政策
巴西擬將博弈稅率提高至24% 稅收將用於社保與醫療領域
合規與政策
JILI 宣佈與全球板球傳奇 AB de Villiers(ABD)達成重磅戰略合作
體育遊戲
首頁
遊戲
合作
發現
我的