Attendees at the first day of the Indian Gaming Tradeshow and Convention reportedly heard how casino-operating tribes in California and Arizona are working towards bringing legalized sportsbetting to their venues.
According to a Monday report from the Las Vegas Review-Journal newspaper, the five-day gathering from the National Indian Gaming Association is set to run until Friday inside the 300,000 sq ft Caesars Forum Conference Center Las Vegas as tribal leaders from across the United States meet up to network and discuss a range of topics.
California courting:
The newspaper reported that panellists taking part in the inaugural day of the extravaganza agreed that California is soon likely to see new proposals for legalized sportsbetting from the state’s many horseracing tracks and card rooms alongside possibly even distinguished commercial operators such as FanDuel Group and DraftKings Incorporated. Attendees then purportedly heard about a Florida-facing referendum campaign this pair recently backed that could bring online sports wagering to ‘The Sunshine State’ in direct contravention of the southeastern jurisdiction’s recently-signed 30-year gaming compact with the Seminole Tribe of Florida. Come from Sports betting site VPbet
Impressive intent:
Steve Bodmer, General Counsel for the Pechanga Band of
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that Burnette joined with the Chairman for Arizona’s Ak-Chin Indian Community, Robert Miguel (pictured), in acknowledging that sportsbetting is a low-margin amenity that could help to bring more gamblers into the southwestern state’s urban tribal casinos. But they nevertheless purportedly expressed unease about the intended issuance of ten off-reservation sports wagering licenses for the jurisdiction’s professional sports franchises and venues that play host to PGA and NASCAR events.
Miguel reportedly declared…
“We knew it was only a matter of time before sportsbetting made it to the state and we took the view that anything we added was going to be a positive for the tribes.”