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Lawsuit again filed to challenge Arkansas’ final casino license

An applicant for the Pope County casino license filed a lawsuit Tuesday asking the court to invalidate the recently-awarded permit because the license holder's requisite letters of support from local government were "coercively issued." This is the third time the Pope County license has been the subject of a lawsuit since 2018 when voters approved…

Law ・ 04 July 2024

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Arkansas Racing Commission Awards Cherokee Nation Casino License

Only four casinos are allowed to be constructed in the state, and this is the fourth and final license the commission has awarded. The Arkansas Racing Commission awarded Cherokee Nation Entertainment a license on Thursday, granting it permission to build a casino in Pope County. Under Arkansas gambling laws, only four casinos are allowed to be…

Industry ・ 29 June 2024

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Arkansas Racing Commission awards license for Pope County casino

POPE COUNTY, Ark. - Plans to build a casino in Pope County moved forward Thursday after an Arkansas state board awarded a license to developers. The Arkansas Racing Commission awardedthe license after scoring an application submitted by Cherokee Nation Entertainment. Earlier this month, the commission voted to proceed with the application to build…

Industry ・ 28 June 2024

arkansasadvocate.com

Commission approves new Arkansas casino license application period

This story was updated at 5:25 p.m. on May 6, 2024 to include comments from Cherokee Nation Businesses. The Arkansas Racing Commission on Monday voted to open a new 30-day application period for the state's fourth and final casino. Commissioners decided at Monday's meeting that both a digital and paper copy of applications for the Pope County…

Law ・ 07 May 2024

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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 -…

Law ・ 12 March 2024

arkansasadvocate.com

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…

Law ・ 25 January 2024

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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…

Law ・ 01 November 2023

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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…

Law ・ 28 October 2023

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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…

Law ・ 14 January 2023

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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…

Law ・ 13 January 2023

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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…

Law ・ 13 January 2023

5 News Online

Legends Casino faces final legal challenge

More than four years have passed since Arkansans approved a constitutional amendment to put one of four newly legal casinos in Pope County. POPE COUNTY, Ark. - More than four years have passed since Arkansans approved a constitutional amendment to put one of four newly legal casinos in Pope County, but odds are strong the long-delayed project will…

Law ・ 10 January 2023

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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…

Law ・ 09 January 2023

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…

Winnings ・ 30 September 2022

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Arkansas: Commission approves multi-state slot machine jackpot games; Saracen Casino to contract with IGT

The Arkansas Racing Commission authorized Thursday state casinos to sign agreements with companies that offer multistate, progressive jackpot games on slot machines; thus allowing for the Saracen Casino Resort in Pine Bluff to contract with IGT for the multijurisdictional wide area progressive system MegaJackpots. With the commission's…

Winnings ・ 27 September 2022

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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…

Law ・ 30 August 2022

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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

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…

Law ・ 08 August 2022

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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…

Law ・ 08 August 2022

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…

Law ・ 04 August 2022

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…

Politics ・ 19 July 2022

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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…

Politics ・ 09 July 2022

The Arkansas Democrat

Group formed to keep casino in Pope County

A ballot question committee formed in February to thwart another group's efforts to remove through a statewide ballot measure the provision in the Arkansas Constitution permitting a casino in Pope County. The Arkansas Tourism Alliance has $1.1 million in cash on hand, according to its first campaign finance report filed with the Arkansas Ethics…

Travel ・ 09 March 2022

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Cherokees' Pope County casino still on hold as tribe works to dismiss lawsuits and break ground

Cherokee Nation Businesses (CNB)'s Legends Resort & Casino in Pope County, Arkansas, still remains on hold amid litigation. CNB has yet to schedule a groundbreaking for the $225 million property, expected to create more than 1000 direct jobs. According to Arkansas Business, CEO Chuck Garrett said that once work begins, it would take between 18 to…

Law ・ 11 January 2022

The Arkansas Democrat

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…

Law ・ 09 December 2021

The Dallas Morning News

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…

Sports ・ 14 November 2021

The Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Arkansas Racing Commission awards Pope County casino license

Politics ・ 13 November 2021

The Arkansas Democrat

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…

Law ・ 12 November 2021

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…

Industry ・ 25 October 2021

The Arkansas Democrat

Foes pressing their bet on Pope County casino

A Pope County anti-casino group is moving full steam ahead on a petition drive to place a proposed constitutional amendment on the state's general election ballot next year that would remove the county as one of the locations for a casino. The effort by the grassroots group Fair Play Arkansas continues despite an Arkansas Supreme Court ruling…

Travel ・ 23 October 2021

The Arkansas Democrat

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…

Travel ・ 22 October 2021

The Arkansas Democrat

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…

Travel ・ 21 August 2021

The Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

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…

Travel ・ 16 August 2021

The Arkansas Democrat

Group wants casino kept out

The Fair Play for Arkansas committee has proposed once again a constitutional amendment to remove Pope County as a location for a casino. Larry Walker, a committee spokesman, said in an email Thursday morning that the group filed its petition to the Arkansas secretary of state's office for an amendment to remove Pope County as a location for casino…

Law ・ 16 July 2021

The Arkansas Democrat

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…

Law ・ 07 May 2021