Indy Gaming: SCOTUS ruling favoring Texas tribal casinos has ‘wider implications’

The Federal Supreme Court's conclusion, which was adopted last week, was a victory for the South American indigenous tribe in Texas, which was settled with the state in the 1990s to legalize bingo electric games on the land of tribes.

However, this conclusion has the potential to bring another result to the Gambling situation in Texas. Since the mi d-2000s, Las Vegas Sands's terrifying efforts to legalize paid casinos have not won the victory.

In the state adjacent to Texas, there is a Las Vega s-style casino. Gambling supporters in Texas have long been accused of losing tax revenue from casino managers in Oklahom, Louisiana, and New Mexico.

For example, Winster World Casino & Resort Casino is located in Oklahoma's Tucker Building, just across the highway 35, just across the border with Texas. The casino is managed by the Chikaso civilization and has the largest casino hole in the United States (698. 000 square feet).

The decision was made by the arbitration of a 5-4 score, and the El Paso's Tigua (officially Pueblo Islete del Sour) became a bingo at the Elpaso Entertainment Center. According to an expert's opinion, the conclusion is still advantageous to the Alabam Kschat tribe and defeated the Texas authorities in his own reserve, one hour from the north of Houston.

The third tribe is a classic Kicapes, a bingo game in a 2-hour needle pass on the west of San Antonio. However, gambling operations by the tribe are under the influence of another federal law.

In an analysis comment written shortly after the Supreme Court's conclusion was announced, a gambling analyst, Barry Jonas, said that this concluded would have a "widespread result for the entire industry." I am.

According to Jonas's sentence, the conclusion is that "there is a possibility of continuing to discuss the possibility of legalization (commercial casinos) in Texas." Later, if a casino is legalized in Texas, it will result in a casino operating company in Louisiana, especially Penn National Gaming, Caesars Entertainment, and Boyd Gaming.

B2 Global Managing Companion, BRENDAN Bussmann, said that after getting used to the arbitrator's painting, he did not immediately predict the change in the Gambling landscape in Texas. "However, it may be forced to talk about the fact that this is provided to these parts of these parts of the stat e-t o-state adjustable game experience."

Last year, Texas lawmakers rejected a gambling casino development proposal backed by Las Vegas Sands. In February, the Texas Tribune said the company had actually solicited political action and provided more than $2 million in funding to support the new creep.

Las Vegas Sands Executive Vice President Andy Abdo, who oversees the legislative efforts to legalize casinos in Texas, said the company will work with legislators to hold a referendum on casinos in the appropriate year.

According to Abdo's writing, the Supreme Court's conclusion "gives confidence to existing tribes" regarding gambling operations. In fact, he said he has met with all tribes except Kikapua.

"They are fully supportive of our initiative," Abdo wrote in an email. "The Kikapua are not the opposite, they are enthusiastic about the impact."

Supreme U. S. Court in Washington, Columbia County, August 6, 2021. (Humberto Sanchez / The Nevada Independent)

The Supreme Court's decision added "further substance to the conversation" about the effort to legalize casino gambling in Texas, according to Bassman's writing.

"This is a difficult issue that has been displaced, at its fastest, for 20 years, in casino gambling, as sports rates, for example, and is still far from complete," he said.

The author of the Supreme Court decision was Justice Nile Gorsuch, who was joined by Justices Stephen Breyer, Sonya Sotomayor, Irina Kagan, and Amy Stallions Barrett. Gorsuch made his own deal to conclude the 1987 Supreme Court decision, California v. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians.

The decision, 6-3, sided with the Cabazon tribe, effectively postponing legislation restricting gambling on tribal reservations and leading to the enactment of the Indian Gambling Adjustment Act.

Red-Skyne Sequoia Simmaier, chairman of the state gambling commission, said in his own statement last week that Texas' conclusion is in fact "predicated on the importance of the long-term normative foundations of Indian gambling."

In his own conclusion, the cowardice of Texas' rejection of the fact that its laws on bingo are prohibited by games offered by tribes.

There is really no one to outline how Texas "regulates" bingo, the time, the space, the manner of playing the game, Coward wrote. If the game does not comply with the rules established by the state in time, space, and the manner of implementation - the state can only claim that its laws are in some sense also "prohibited" by bingo. But at the same time, it collapses the law of the dichotomy of prohibition and accommodation. "

Mike Andrews, who heads the Native American policy group at McGuireWoods Consulting in Washington, said the ruling establishes that the regulator of bingo games is the National Indian Gambling Commission, not Texas.

"This case will have a big impact on Texas," said Andrews, a former general counsel for the American Indian Commission.

"It also sets the stage for future battles between tribes, Texas and the governor's office over Class III (commercial) gambling."

Las Vegas-based AGS gaming equipment supplier leases bingo electronic games to the Alabama Coushat tribe's gambling facilities. By 2021, it expects to make $9 million to $10 million in revenue from those games.

Jonas said AGS and other gaming equipment suppliers "can see growth potential after the Texas tribes make their decision, as they will likely consider expansion possibilities."

AGS General Manager David Lopez said in a statement that the Supreme Court decision "will enable tribes in Texas to gain economic freedom and affirm their rights as federally recognized tribes."

Everi's smartphone non-cash payment technology, Thursday, September 9, 2021. (Jeff Scheid/The Nevada Independent)

Sightline's patent infringement lawsuit against Everi dismissed

A patent infringement lawsuit filed by Sightline Payments against Everi Holdings was dismissed earlier this month by a federal judge in Texas.

Las Vegas-based Sightline filed the lawsuit on September 30, alleging that competitor Everi's financial technology and payment processing are linked to five of its patents relating to non-cash gaming, including technology that allows players to move funds from financial accounts to digital wallets for gaming.

U. S. District Judge Alan Albright ruled that patent infringement lawsuits must be filed in the judicial district where a defendant resides or has a permanent and permanent place of business.

Everi's corporate offices and financial technology division are in Las Vegas, and its gaming division's offices are in Austin, Texas. The judge did not rule on the merits of the lawsuit, noting only that Texas was an improper forum to consider the case because Sightline failed to show that Everi committed any infringements within Texas.

The company's commissioner once flatly refused to explain the court's conclusion.

In an emailed statement, Sightline said, "We intend to fully defend our mental property and acknowledge that this is indeed the legal property appropriate to our claim."

In its initial statement, Sightline said that its mental consultant found Every's mobile wallet for likely patent infringement and in fact pointed to five infringements.

For more than a decade, arguments about mental ties related to slot machine innovations have flooded the halls of federal courts. At the Global Gaming Expo exhibition held in Las Vegas last year, most gaming equipment manufacturers displayed a number of fresh products for non-cash gaming and digital payments. These technologies related to mobile wallets (applications for mobile phones that protect payment cards and other information in digital form) heralded the transition of one of the last industries dependent on cash.

Sands Macao. Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons

Casino Macau, Another Month of Failure, Waiting for Covid Outbreak

The Macau government couldn’t get past the casino industry’s job, and the latest COVID-19 outbreak in the special administrative region.

But it absolutely should have dealt with it.

The government-ordered testing of over 600, 000 residents was accompanied by stay-at-home orders and the closure of most restaurants and other Macau businesses. China is held captive by zero-Covid politicians, demanding that they eliminate any kind of disease outbreak, even at the risk of economic loss.

For the first five months of 2022, Macau casino gambling business was down 44% from any five months of 2021.

“Macau gambling revenue is bound to hit a new local minimum at the end of the year,” Hong Kong-based Andrew Li said in an analysis note to traders on Sunday. "We believe that (this action) will eliminate in any capacity the subsequent fall of Macau's quarantine politicians on the eve of summer."

Macau's head of administration, Ho Iat Senga, said on the government's website that the disease's latest tricks appeared imperceptibly and were light, and that the key to its success was currently unknown.

According to Reuters, Macau reported 21 infected people on Sunday night. It was closed until Tuesday to secure global inspection time. Jugai-Traveling to Macau via Macau must confirm that the PCR test is negative within 48 hours after arrival.

Inside Asian Gaming reported that COVID's catastrophic infected person was discovered at Macau's Fortunna Hotel, the entire hotel was closed, and 500-700 guests and employees were isolated. There is.

In May, Macau's casino reported a $ 410 million gambling income, which was the second lowest number in the Chinese gambling market since September 2020. Experts have expressed their hopes for June that June will be given to Macau's casino development after the COVID-19 regulations in Shanghai and Beijing have been lifted.

"I believe this will be another boost for the recovery of Macau," Lee wrote.

Las Vegas Sands, Win Resorts, and MGM Resorts International have casinos in Macau.

Prior to this occurrence, the rating company Fitch has reduced the rating of Las Vegas Sands unsecured debt. As of March, Las Vegas Sands's total debt reached nearly $ 15 billion. He did not mention which part of the debt is regarded as unsecured (mostly a loan with no guarantee, and higher interest rates).

Fitch's gaming analyst, Colin Mansfield, wrote in his research note that the consultant company's trust in recovering the Macau gaming industry has diminished. The company has accused the Chinese government's strict COVID-19 policy and Macau's sluggishness.

"The trajectory of Las Vegas Sands's debt is no longer in line with the status of investment," said Mansfield.

Las Vegas Sands's stock price has fallen by nearly 11%in the past six months and has fallen more than 18%yea r-o n-year.

Through 2021, Macau's casinos earned $ 10. 8 billion in game revenue, exceeding the $ 7. 6 billion in 2020, which was hit by pandemic.

However, the number of the 2021 sector is more than 70 % lower than the 2019 numbers before the pandemic. Gambling in 2020 and 2021 is thought to be the lowest in the single year since 2006 and 2007.

In 2013, Macau recorded $ 45 billion gambling support.

On Tuesday, Macau's Legislative Assembly approved a new law on gambling by a vote of 32 to 1, allowing the issuance of six new 10-year gambling licenses to active operators and extending the effect to three years under certain living conditions.

Access to Park MGM's BetMGM sports club on the Strip. (Note/photo)

Sports betting, online gaming sent swimmingly as part of MGM and Carnival deal

Passengers aboard rich U. S. ships managed by Carnival Corporation will soon be able to act on gambling internet and sports fees in international waters, thanks to an agreement with MGM Resorts International.

As part of the deal announced last week, more than 50 ships entering U. S. ports owned by Carnival Cruise Line, Holland America Line and Princess Cruises will offer online gaming and sports betting managed by the BetMGM company. According to instructions from BetMGM, the gambling system will be introduced right in the coming months.

BetMGM is said to be a 50-50 joint venture between MGM Resorts International and Entain PLC.

"This is another great opportunity to expand BetMGM's existing geography," said Adam Greenblatt, managing director of the company. Betmgm operates in 18 states, Washington state, the District of Columbia and Ontario, Canada.

Financials of the deal were not disclosed.

The news was received well by Carnival's investors, who subsequently announced the company's nearly 10% promotional deals on Friday. The epidemic has led to a slowdown in the pace of recovery in the branch, with the excuse of an outbreak on autonomous cruise ships, putting the cruise-industry under threat and fear.

Carnival's promotional prices have plummeted more than 55% year-on-year.

Carnival's senior vice president, Marty Goldman, said in his own statement that gambling is indeed every likely to freeze one of the ways the company recruits customers on its ships.

"Thanks to our partnership with BetMGM, we are proud to offer our customers gambling and entertaining sports betting and igaming," Goldman said.

In the four years since the U. S. Supreme Court's adoption stage allowing states to legalize and regulate sports fees, the activity has expanded to more than 30 states. As of June 2018, more than $125 billion had been delivered to sports, according to GamingTode. com.

A visitor at the G2E exhibition plays IGT Shield's Wheel of Fortune Slots on Tuesday, October 5, 2021. (Jeff Scheid/The Nevada Independent)

Wheel of Fortune Casinos Can Be Found Online, But Not in Nevada

International Game Technology has produced more than 250 versions of the Wheel of Fortune slot machine since it was introduced more than 20 years ago.

Now IGT is partnering with BetMGM and Sony Pictures Television to launch Wheel of Fortune Casino, an online gaming site based on the syndicated TV game show, now in its 40th season.

The site will open in New Jersey, one of six states where online casino gambling is legally regulated. MGM Resorts owns the Borgata Resort in Atlantic City.

Nevada has only one online poker site and no regulated online casinos.

"With Wheel of Fortune Casino, players will be able to enjoy the excitement of their favorite game show and real money gambling in the palm of their hands," Matt Prevost, BetMGM's chief revenue officer, said in a statement.

Wheel of Fortune Casino will offer an online version of the Wheel of Fortune slot, as well as other themed slots created by IGT.

Enrico Drago, IGT's chief digital officer, noted that BetMGM's digital platform and advertising capabilities were instrumental in the creation of the online casino.

"The Wheel of Fortune brand has been synonymous with slots for over 25 years, and this unparalleled online casino is well positioned to attract and entertain new and existing players.