The 2019 law allows sports betting only on tribal casinos. In Washington, it was also interpreted to allow slot machines because the state operates a lottery, under a somewhat convoluted argument that slot machines can be designed to operate similarly to a lottery. Most commonly, the law was initially interpreted to allow casino-style games such as blackjack, craps, and roulette because such games were allowed at charitable casino nights.
IGRA essentially allows tribes to offer any form of gambling that is otherwise offered in the state containing an individual tribe’s land. District Court for the District of Columbia, argues that Washington’s 2019 law authorizing sports betting only at tribal casinos is an erroneous application of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. The lawsuit filed by attorneys for Maverick Gaming in the U.S. The state’s largest non-tribal gambling operator went to court Tuesday to try to overturn the monopoly on sports betting that the Legislature awarded to Washington State’s 29 Native American tribes.
