🇺🇸 Maverick 🎰 Gaming's Legal Challenge to Washington Tribal Sports Betting Dismissed ⚖️

🇺🇸 Maverick 🎰 Gaming's Legal Challenge to Washington Tribal Sports Betting Dismissed ⚖️
Washington State's tribal monopoly on sports betting remains intact after the dismissal of Maverick Gaming's appeal.The Third Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the lower court's February 2023 ruling, marking a significant setback for the card room operator.

Case Summary

⮑Maverick’s Claim: The 2020 tribal gaming compact violates:

🔹 The 10th Amendment and Equal Protection Clause, granting tribes exclusive rights.

🔹 The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA), arguing sports betting is not available statewide and should not be exclusive to tribes.

⮑ Court's Rationale:

🔹 Tribal gaming compacts are essential to the economic and sovereign interests of Washington’s tribes.

🔹Tribal sovereignty prevents them from being enjoined in the case, and the federal government cannot fully represent tribal interests.

⮑ Key Rulings

💙Shoalwater Bay Tribe's Intervention:
🔹 Asserted that Maverick’s case infringes on tribal sovereignty.
🔹 Highlighted a conflict of interest between federal representation and tribal
interests.

💙Appeal Panel: Judges Kim McLane Wardlaw, William A. Fletcher, and Eric D. Miller found no grounds to overturn the dismissal.

⮑ Broader Context

Washington's long-standing tribal gaming agreements highlight the ongoing tension between tribal sovereignty and commercial interests. This ruling strengthens the legal protections for tribal gaming under federal law and reinforces tribes' exclusive rights to operate sports betting in the state.

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