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Indian Tribes foresee opportunities and higher revenues after SC ruling on sports betting

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American-Indian tribes are gearing up for a new world of opportunities and increased revenues following the US Supreme Court ruling that annulled the 25-year-old Federal law and allowed the individual states to form their own betting legislation.

It effectively means that the individual states can create a regulatory framework for sports betting.

This is expected to lead to an annual increase of nearly $31 billion in sports betting for tribal casinos.

Look beyond Vegas

Sports betting would not overnight become tribal casinos’ biggest revenue source, but it would go a long way towards keeping happy customers on their properties.

“The conversation is always, ‘Why don’t you do like Vegas?’” Oklahoma Indian Gaming Association Executive Director Sheila Morago told the Associated Press. “Everybody always wants to give their customers things they have asked for.”

However, much remains to be sorted when it comes to how the games will run, and who potentially has what rights to how much of the projected market. Some are already staking their claim to having exclusive rights for future sports betting.

Sovereign Sports Betting

There are 240 tribes operating 474 Indian casinos across 28 American states where they are legal. Some of them — California and Arizona, for example — have bartered away the exclusive rights to casino-style games in exchange for the tribes kicking back a healthy share of casino profits.

In those states, the question becomes: if wagering on sports is legalised, how exactly will it be offered? And will sports betting ultimately be considered a casino-style game, giving some tribes exclusivity rights by compact?

Many tribes believe the agreements they currently have in place with state legislators already afford them that opportunity.

“Expansion of gaming is a slippery slope,” said Steve Stallings, chairman of the California Indian Gaming Commission. “Tribes feel like they have somewhat an exclusivity to it. When the state or other interests violate that, then tribes are concerned.”

National Indian Gaming Association chair Ernie Stevens Jr. told NBC News that tribes have been preparing for this day, studying compacts and regulations to determine how they apply to sports betting, and training leaders for negotiations that are likely to ensue.

In Arizona, Gov. Doug Ducey is already openly pondering potential new deals that would give Indian casinos certain exclusive casino rights in exchange for a bigger piece of revenues. It is easy to see how the SCOTUS ruling could be a win-win for both sides, even if it takes some negotiating to get there.

“This ruling gives Arizona options that could benefit our citizens and our general fund,” Ducey said to the Arizona Capitol Times.

Whatever happens, tribes across the states are ready for it.

 

 

Source: onlinegambling.com

Niji Narayan has been in the writing industry for well over a decade or so. He prides himself as one of the few survivors left in the world who have actually mastered the impossible art of copy editing. Niji graduated in Physics and obtained his Master’s degree in Communication and Journalism. He has always interested in sports writing and travel writing. He has written for numerous websites and his in-depth analytical articles top sports magazines like Cricket Today and Sports Today. He reports gaming industry headlines from all around the globe.

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