Maverick Gaming<\/a> bought 19 card rooms in the state since the US Supreme Court shot down federal prohibition.<\/p>\nMaverick CEO Eric Persson is a Washington native and member of the Shoalwater Bay tribe. But he says he is prepared to spend \u201c$20 (million) to $30 million\u201d challenging the tribes\u2019 \u201ctax-free monopoly,\u201d which he says is unconstitutional.<\/p>\n
Persson argues the emergency clause should not have been allowed to stand because the situation did not qualify as an emergency. He claims it was only added because the bill\u2019s sponsors realized they lacked the requisite 60 percent support from voters for the tribal-only bill to succeed at a referendum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Washington State Gov. Jay Inslee on Wednesday signed into law a controversial bill that legalizes sports betting at tribal casinos. In doing so, Washington became the first state this year to authorize wagering on sporting events. But it does so at a time when there are precious few sporting events to wager on. Betting companies […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":131267,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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