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New application period for final Arkansas casino license coming this summer

Arkansas will again accept applications as early as May to open the state's fourth and final casino, pending legislative approval. The state Racing Commission approved a set of rules Monday to govern a new 30-day application period for the fraught Pope County casino license. Those rules must be approved by the Legislature - likely next month -…
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New application period for final Arkansas casino license coming this summer
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Arkansas Racing Commission defers vote on new Pope County casino license process

The issuance of Arkansas' fourth and final casino license will be delayed - again - likely for months. And if the litigious history of the Pope County casino permit is a guide, the wait could be far longer. The Arkansas Racing Commission, which oversees the state's casinos, met for a half hour on Wednesday, but it took no action, instead deciding…
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Arkansas Racing Commission defers vote on new Pope County casino license process
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Pope County judge endorses Cherokee Nation for casino license

Cherokee Nation Businesses (CNB) looks to have an advantage in what will be a new process to grant a casino license in Pope County thanks to an endorsement letter from Pope County Judge Ben Cross. An Oct. 26 Arkansas Supreme Court decision sent the casino license process back to the Arkansas Racing Commission, an agency of the Arkansas Department…
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Supreme Court ruling results in new application process for Pope County casino license

The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday (Oct. 26) affirmed a lower court ruling that said Cherokee Nation Businesses was not a qualified applicant when granted a casino license in Pope County. The decision opens anew the application process. Pulaski County Circuit Court Judge Tim Fox ruled Jan. 12 that Arkansas officials "unconstitutionally" granted…
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The Arkansas Democrat

Arkansas casinos report 23% first quarter jump in winnings

Arkansas casinos won a total of $177 million dollars during the first three months of the year, up 23% for the same period a year ago. Southland Casino Hotel in West Memphis brought in the most cash at $84.4 million for the January through March period, up 25% from $66.7 million last year. Saracen Casino Resort in Pine Bluff won $46.6 million for…
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The 5 Biggest 'Racinos' in the World

A racino would typically be described as the dream of all gamblers, as its facility provides an avenue for them to enjoy the best of both worlds as they get to participate in gambling in the casino while horses race on the track outside. Long ago, the racetrack wasn't getting a lot of attention from punters, but with the advent of the racinos, this…
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The 5 Biggest 'Racinos' in the World
The Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Revenue up almost 9% at Ark. casinos in 2022

The combined total win for Arkansas' casinos in 2022 was $614 million, up nearly 9% from $564.79 million in 2021, according to information provided by Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration. Southland Casino Hotel in West Memphis reported the largest total win with $292.78 million last year, up nearly 11% from $264 million in 2021.…
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Arkansas’s Gambling Laws: Past, Present and Future

Previously known as one of the most popular gambling destinations throughout the United States, Arkansas is a state that gamblers today tend to avoid. This boycott is due to the state's strict and often outdated gambling laws. Opened in 1905, Oaklawn was the first venue that could be classified as a casino. It offered racing and a few gaming…
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Arkansas’s Gambling Laws: Past, Present and Future
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Plan an Unforgettable Getaway at Oaklawn Hot Springs Casino Resort

Looking for the perfect destination for your group? Come stay, play and get away at Oaklawn Hot Springs, Arkansas' only casino resort. Relax in their luxury hotel with unparalleled views of the historic Oaklawn racetrack and the surrounding Ouachita Mountains. Hotel amenities include 100% cotton Frette® bed linens, plush bathrobes, 65-inch TVs with…
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Arkansas judge voids casino license granted to Cherokee Nation

The contentious path to building a casino in Pope County took yet another turn Thursday when Pulaski County Circuit Court Judge Tim Fox ruled that Arkansas officials "unconstitutionally" granted a casino license to Cherokee Nation Businesses. Gulfside Casino Partnership had appealed a November 2021 decision by the Arkansas Racing Commission to…
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Arkansas judge voids casino license granted to Cherokee Nation
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Judge voids Pope County casino license granted to Cherokee Nation

The contentious path to building a casino in Pope County took yet another turn Thursday (Jan. 12) when Pulaski County Circuit Court Judge Tim Fox ruled that Arkansas officials "unconstitutionally" granted a casino license to Cherokee Nation Businesses. Gulfside Casino Partnership had appealed a November 2021 decision by the Arkansas Racing…
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Judge voids Pope County casino license granted to Cherokee Nation
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Enduring Lawsuit on Arkansas’ Legends Resort and Casino License Close to an End

According to Arkansas Advocate, Judge Timothy Fox is expected to rule on the matter of Legends Resort and Casino and their entitlement to open a new casino in Pope County. The ruling will be made public in the upcoming days, putting an end to the four-year controversy regarding who should be the rightful operator of the fourth authorized casino in…
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Lottery officials anticipate consideration of digital platform to sell tickets, remain competitive with demand

In its strategic plan for the next five years, the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery says it will be necessary for the Arkansas General Assembly to strongly consider authorizing the lottery to launch an iLottery digital platform to sell tickets to remain competitive and current with consumer demand. Of the 46 lotteries currently operating in the United…
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Lottery officials anticipate consideration of digital platform to sell tickets, remain competitive with demand
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Southland Casino Expansion Raises the Stakes for Arkansas Tourism

On A Roll: Southland Casino Expansion Raises the Stakes for Arkansas Tourism Local officials are betting a $320 million expansion project at the Southland Casino in West Memphis will continue generating huge tax benefits and attract more businesses. The 113000-square-foot complex near the junction of Interstates 40 and 55, in the heart of the…
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Southland Casino Expansion Raises the Stakes for Arkansas Tourism
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Arkansas: Southland Casino Hotel announces completion of $320 million expansion

Southland Casino Hotel in West Memphis, Arkansas, is celebrating the completion of a $320 million dollar expansion. The development adds a brand-new 300-room, 20-story hotel with 12 penthouse suites, and a 113000-square-foot gaming floor that features 2400 slot machines, 50 live table games, and a variety of bars and dining options. The property…
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Arkansas: Southland Casino Hotel announces completion of $320 million expansion
The Arkansas Democrat

Arkansas Problem Gambling Council will work as state racing commission’s treatment provider for Arkansans with gambling disorders

The Arkansas Problem Gambling Council will start work as the Arkansas Racing Commission's provider of educational and treatment services for Arkansans with gambling disorders next week, nearly four years after voters approved a constitutional amendment requiring the commission to provide at least $200000 a year for gambling disorder and treatment…
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Arkansas Problem Gambling Council will work as state racing commission’s treatment provider for Arkansans with gambling disorders
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Green light for Legends Resort and Casino lawsuit

In the southern American state of Arkansas and a judge has reportedly thrown out two motions that were attempting to squash a lawsuit earlier brought against the plan to build and run the proposed Legends Resort and Casino development. According to a Thursday report from the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette newspaper, Pulaski County Circuit…
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Green light for Legends Resort and Casino lawsuit
The Arkansas Democrat

Commission gives Arkansas casinos OK to pursue multi-state, progressive jackpot games on slot machines

The Arkansas Racing Commission on Thursday authorized Arkansas' casinos to contract with companies that offer multistate, progressive jackpot games on slot machines. The commission's action clears the way for the Saracen Casino Resort in Pine Bluff to contract with IGT for the multijurisdictional wide area progressive system MegaJackpots. With the…
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Smoke-Free Casinos in the US

Few gaming industry debates are as heated as the one over smoking in casinos. While the debate rages, an anti-smoking group has compiled a list of gaming sites where smoking is banned. The American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation list includes more than 1000 smoke-free U.S. gaming properties. The nation's most-populous state, California, with 40…
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Arkansas: Choctaw-backed ballot seeking to halt Cherokee’s Pope County casino project fails to submit required signatures

Casino opponents proposing a constitutional amendment intended to remove Pope County as a state-license casino site have failed to submit enough signatures of registered voters that would have granted them an additional 30 days to gather the needed signatures to get on the ballot. The news was confirmed by Secretary of State John Thurston on…
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Arkansas: Choctaw-backed ballot seeking to halt Cherokee’s Pope County casino project fails to submit required signatures
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Kambi Group Partners with Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort

The third of Arkansas' three sports betting operators will finally have an online component, as Kambi Group has reached an agreement to be the sports betting solutions provider to Oaklawn Casino Racing Resort. Sports betting in Arkansas will soon have a third online operator. Technology provider Kambi Group announced on Monday that it had reached…
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Kambi Group Partners with Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort
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Arkansas: Kambi inks online and retail sportsbook deal with Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort

Sports betting services supplier Kambi Group has signed an agreement with Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort to provide its on-property and online sportsbook solutions to the thoroughbred racetrack and casino, based in the US state of Arkansas. Under the deal, Kambi will support Oaklawn in launching its online sportsbook operations under the…
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Arkansas: Kambi inks online and retail sportsbook deal with Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort
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Kambi signs sportsbook agreement with Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort

Gaming News 22 August 2022 (PRESS RELEASE) -- Multi-channel agreement includes provision of Kambi's sportsbook direct to Oaklawn's property in Hot Springs, Arkansas, as well as its mobile sportsbook, Oaklawn Sports Kambi Group plc has signed an agreement with Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort to provide its on-property and online sportsbook solutions…
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Kambi signs sportsbook deal with Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort

Kambi Group has signed an agreement with Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort. The deal will see Kambi provide its on-property and online sportsbook solutions direct to the premier Thoroughbred racetrack and casino in Arkansas. Kambi will support Oaklawn in launching its online sportsbook operations under the brand Oaklawn Sports, through the provision of…
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The Arkansas Democrat

Casino opponents in Pope County fail to submit enough signatures for 30-day extension; measure would have removed area as site

The committee promoting a proposed constitutional amendment that would ax Pope County as a state-licensed casino site failed to submit enough signatures of registered voters to qualify for 30 more days to collect more signatures to get on the ballot, Secretary of State John Thurston said Monday. Thurston said the Fair Play for Arkansas committee…
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Casino opponents in Pope County fail to submit enough signatures for 30-day extension; measure would have removed area as site
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Arkansas: Choctaw-backed ballot measure to halt Cherokee’s Pope County casino project rejected by election commissioners

The Arkansas Board of Election Commissioners will not certify the ballot title for a proposed constitutional amendment intended to remove Pope County as a state-license casino site. The decision was taken on Wednesday through a vote. The commissioners said the Choctaw Tribe-funded ballot title lacked a reference to the existing license held…
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Arkansas: Choctaw-backed ballot measure to halt Cherokee’s Pope County casino project rejected by election commissioners
The Arkansas Democrat

Commission rejects casino amendment ballot title; proposal would have removed Pope County as site

The state Board of Election Commissioners on Wednesday declined to certify the popular name and ballot title for a proposed constitutional amendment aimed at removing Pope County as a state-licensed casino site. In a voice vote with no audible dissenters, the board approved a motion by commissioner Bilenda Harris-Ritter not to certify the ballot…
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Commission rejects casino amendment ballot title; proposal would have removed Pope County as site
The Arkansas Democrat

Casino opponents in Pope County raise more than $1M in June

Proponents of a proposed constitutional amendment that would remove Pope County as a site for a casino raised more than $1 million in June. The Fair Play for Arkansas 2022 committee reported raising $1.2 million in contributions and spending $946923.12 in June. According to the report, the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma contributed $1.2 million to the…
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Casino opponents in Pope County raise more than $1M in June
The Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Push to remove Pope County as casino site on ballot gets 103,000 signatures, backers say

Proponents of a proposed constitutional amendment that would remove Pope County as a site for a casino said they turned in about 103000 signatures of registered voters Friday in their attempt to qualify their proposed measure for the Nov. 8 general election ballot. James Knight, president of the Fair Play for Arkansas 2022 committee, certified in…
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Push to remove Pope County as casino site on ballot gets 103,000 signatures, backers say
Arkansas Times

Pope County casino repeal campaign reports meeting first hurdle to get on ballot

Fair Play Arkansas, the Choctaw Tribe-financed effort to repeal the Arkansas Constitution's legalization of a casino permit in Pope County, said it submitted 100000 signatures on its proposed constitutional amendment today. That's about 11000 more than needed, if all are qualifying registered voters and distributed among 15 counties. But stiffened…
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Pope County casino repeal campaign reports meeting first hurdle to get on ballot
The Arkansas Democrat

Smoking bans in casinos studied

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- For decades, it was accepted wisdom in the casino industry that eliminating smoking would automatically lead to revenue declines and customer losses. But a new report examining how the coronavirus pandemic has changed gamblers' habits says that may no longer be the case. The report issued Friday by Las Vegas-based C3 Gaming…
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Smoking bans in casinos studied
Arkansas Times

Ka-ching! Connected consultant hits another jackpot with Arkansas lottery

Michael Wickline's detailed reporting on the extension of a fat lottery consulting contract with a politically connected firm deserves some distillation. Camelot Global Services - a consultant that has long benefitted from an association with Republican lobbyists Bill Vickery, Mitchell Lowe, John Burris and others - was approved by the legislature…
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Ka-ching! Connected consultant hits another jackpot with Arkansas lottery
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NHC Moves from January, Adds to 2023's March Madness in Las Vegas

As if Las Vegas wasn't already awash in March Madness, the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) announced Wednesday it was moving the 2023 National Horseplayers Championship (NHC) from January to March. Next year's NHC is March 10-12, 2023 at the rebranded Horseshoe Las Vegas, the hotel formerly known as Bally's. That weekend precedes…
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Oaklawn officially a casino, debuts live craps and blackjack

Oaklawn Racing Casino and Resort officially a casino operating with live dealers HOT SPRINGS, Ark. - It's a big day at Oaklawn Racing Casino and Resort in Hot Springs as they are now officially calling themselves a casino and operating with live dealers. Oaklawn debuted two live Craps and six Blackjack tables to the casino Monday at noon. The…
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Oaklawn officially a casino, debuts live craps and blackjack
The Arkansas Democrat

Illegal-exaction lawsuit targets lack of Arkansas funding for programs on problem gambling

The Arkansas Racing Commission and the state Department of Finance and Administration have not fulfilled their constitutional duty to establish compulsive-gambling-disorder treatment and educational programs, a lawsuit filed Wednesday claims. Amendment 100 to the Arkansas Constitution requires the Racing Commission to provide at least $200000…
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Illegal-exaction lawsuit targets lack of Arkansas funding for programs on problem gambling
World Casino News

Disastrous Arkansas decision for Gulfside Casino Partnership

In Arkansas and the contest to pick the operator for a proposed Pope County casino has reportedly hit another stumbling block after the successful licensee had its winning bid effectively invalidated by the state's highest court. According to a Thursday report from the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette newspaper, an entity known as Gulfside Casino…
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Disastrous Arkansas decision for Gulfside Casino Partnership
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United States Weekly Gambling-Related Crime Roundup

It has been a busy week when it comes to gambling-related crime across the United States. In addition to numerous raids of illegal gambling operations, there were other interesting cases in the news. In California, police raided an illegal gambling operation early on Thursday morning. The Daly City officers arrested four adults and seized…
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United States Weekly Gambling-Related Crime Roundup
The Arkansas Democrat

Oaklawn casino expansion opens today

The dining area at The Bugler at Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort's new expansion Monday, April 19, 2021. (Richard Rasmussen of The Sentinel-Record) HOT SPRINGS -- The grand opening for the more than $100 million expansion of Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort will be today, but advanced media tours of the expansion revealed two consistent themes in its…
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Gaming Wins Are Still Low at Arkansas Casinos

While casino revenue across states continues to improve, that of Arkansas casinos is still low. The Saracen Casino Resort is the only gaming facility in the state with better results than other casinos. The profit accumulated in May was better than April's, making this casino the only one with good improvement. Ideally, Saracen casino collected…
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Southland Casino Racing Pushes Back Launch of $250mn Expansion to 2022

Southland Casino Racing has pushed back the opening of its $250 million expansion due to construction and other delays caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. The property's planned new amenities were originally expected to open doors for visitors and guests in early 2021, but their launch has now been postponed to mid-2022. Located in West Memphis,…
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Southland Casino Racing Pushes Back Launch of $250mn Expansion to 2022
Arkansas Times

The gamblers are back at Arkansas casinos

If casino numbers are any indication, the pandemic recession is over. The latest state Racing Commission report indicates total gambling at the three casinos has, in sum, more than regained ground lost when the emergency was declared in March 2020. Some key comparisons: OAKLAWN IN HOT SPRINGS In February 2020, before the pandemic hit, it reported…
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The gamblers are back at Arkansas casinos
The Arkansas Democrat

Early going suggests Saracen bet a winner

After two full months in operation, the Saracen Casino Resort's numbers are looking good to Quapaw Nation officials. (Pine Bluff Commercial/Byron Tate) For the second month in a row, the numbers coming out of Saracen Casino Resort are cause for Carlton Saffa to crow a bit as the doubters eat some of the same bird. The casino opened its big location…
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Early going suggests Saracen bet a winner
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Top 4 Casino Sites in AR 2021

For anyone residing outside of Arkansas, they may see the state name and pronounce it how it's spelled. However, an interesting part about it is that it is actually pronounced Ar-can-saw. That's not the only interesting thing about the state known as The Land of Opportunity, either. You see, its gambling laws have changed quite dramatically over…
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Arkansas Times

Monthly numbers show a drop in gambling at two of three casinos in Arkansas

The state Racing Commission's monthly figures on casino gambling show an overall dip in play over the previous month, with the Saracen Casino in Pine Bluff showing a gain with drops at Southland in West Memphis and Oaklawn in Hot Springs. The period covers Saracen's first full month of operation of a full casino, after beginning its operation with…
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Monthly numbers show a drop in gambling at two of three casinos in Arkansas
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