This reads as if one casino owner is trying to stave off competition. Kind of like our ballot access laws.
Here is the story from the Associated Press.
This reads as if one casino owner is trying to stave off competition. Kind of like our ballot access laws.
Here is the story from the Associated Press.
Lol FAKE NEWS AP. Redpath is just sad.
ONE MORE LOOT TOURISTS MACHINATION ???
The Arkansas Constitution permits ONE casino in each of four counties. Two are specifically adjacent to a horse track (Oaklawn) in Hot Springs and a dog track (Southland) across the Mississippi River from Memphis. A third is in Pine Bluff (intended for economic development in a very depressed area). The fourth is in Pope County, which is sort of between Little Rock and Fayetteville. The constitution requires endorsement of an application for the single license from the County Judge of Pope County.
The Arkansas Racing Commission granted the monopoly to the Cherokee Indian Tribe (business operations). The other application was from the Choctaw Tribe. The Choctaw Tribe operates a number of casinos in Oklahoma. The most prominent is in Durant, which is just north of the Red River withing convenient driving distance from DFW. In the past the Choctaw Tribe has donated to the legislative campaigns of candidates likely to oppose casino gambling in Texas. Another casino is just west of the Arkansas-Oklahoma boundary.
The Choctaw Tribe wants to cancel the Pope County provision and is bankrolling the initiative. The Cherokee Tribe is opposing the initiative. All but $100 of $20,000,000+ has come from the two tribes.
One tribe has been granted the monopoly in Pope County and NW Arkansas generally, and the disappointed applicant for the monopoly is trying to cancel the deal.