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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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Casino’s exec calls Pine Bluff a winning bet at expo

Carlton Saffa, chief market officer for Saracen Casino Resort and keynote speaker at the Chamber of Commerce's Business Expo breakfast, says Pine Bluff's footprint is far greater than its population would suggest. (Pine Bluff Commercial/Byron Tate) Saracen Casino Resort's Carlton Saffa on Thursday praised Pine Bluff's location, infrastructure,…
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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 This boycott is due to the state's strict and often outdated gambling laws.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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Judge Voids Cherokee Nation's Pope Co. Casino License

Pulaski County Circuit Judge Tim Fox ruled against an Oklahoma tribal gaming company's license to put the state's fourth casino in Russellville POPE COUNTY, Ark. - A Pulaski County circuit judge on Thursday voided an Oklahoma tribal gaming company's license to put the state's fourth casino in Russellville, stalling a $225 million project and…
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Judge Voids Cherokee Nation's Pope Co. Casino License
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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
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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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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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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
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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
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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
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Lawsuit filed over casino license for Pope County, contending Cherokee firm lacks experience

A roulette wheel spins in 2018 at Cherokee Casino & Hotel in West Siloam Springs, Okla. (File Photo/NWA Democrat-Gazette/Ben Goff) LITTLE ROCK -- A lawsuit filed Tuesday asked the Pulaski County Circuit Court to issue a temporary restraining order halting any movement on a casino in Pope County until the question of whether Legends Resort and…
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Lawsuit filed over casino license for Pope County, contending Cherokee firm lacks experience
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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
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Cherokee Nation’s plan for $225 million resort wins battle for Arkansas’ final casino license

Oklahoma-based Cherokee Nation Businesses has won the latest battle in a contentious fight to secure Arkansas' final casino license, potentially clearing a path for construction of a $225 million resort. The Arkansas Racing Commission voted 3-2 on Friday to award the license to the tribe, voiding an earlier decision that gave the last of four…
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Cherokee Nation’s plan for $225 million resort wins battle for Arkansas’ final casino license
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State to issue Pope County casino license to Cherokee Nation Businesses

The Pope County casino license will be awarded to Cherokee Nation Businesses of Oklahoma by the close of business Monday, the Arkansas Racing Commission ruled Friday afternoon. The meeting, which was held with the majority of the members participating by telephone, lasted less than 30 minutes, but was fraught with lengthy moments of silence when…
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State to issue Pope County casino license to Cherokee Nation Businesses
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State justices overturn decision on Pope County casino

From left, Arkansas Supreme Court Justice Karen Baker, Pulaski County Circuit Judge Tim Fox and Ben Cross, the current county judge of Pope County, are shown in this undated combination photo. Actions by the state Legislature and the Arkansas Racing Commission to add rules and requirements to the casino amendment were in line with the Arkansas…
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State justices overturn decision on Pope County casino
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Pope County officials signaling split with exec on casino filing

Some members of the Pope County Quorum Court say they want the public to know that the county judge does not represent them when it comes to the casino controversy there. Meanwhile, one of the contenders vying to operate a casino there announced that it is joining forces with an Arkansas-based contractor to break ground at its Russellville site. A…
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Pope County officials signaling split with exec on casino filing
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JPs signaling split with exec on casino filing

A roulette wheel spins in 2018 at Cherokee Casino & Hotel in West Siloam Springs, Okla. (File Photo/NWA Democrat-Gazette/Ben Goff) Some members of the Pope County Quorum Court say they want the public to know that the county judge does not represent them when it comes to the casino controversy there. Meanwhile, one of the contenders vying to…
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JPs signaling split with exec on casino filing
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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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Casino ruling near; dispute set to continue

A roulette wheel spins in 2018 at Cherokee Casino & Hotel in West Siloam Springs, Okla. (File Photo/NWA Democrat-Gazette/Ben Goff) Regardless of whether a circuit judge rules Friday on the constitutionality of a casino endorsement letter from a former Pope County official, the outcome is certain, say some of the players: continued litigation. "It…
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Casino ruling near; dispute set to continue