A federal lawsuit details a yearslong conflict between Southern Ute Indian and Colorado officials about whether sports betting falls under existing tribal agreements for gaming.
The Southern Ute Indian Tribe is suing Gov. Jared Polis and the director of the Colorado Division of Gaming, claiming the administration froze the tribe out of theThe federal lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court on Tuesday against Polis and Director Christopher Schroder details a yearslong conflict between Southern Ute Indian and Colorado officials about whether sports betting falls under existing tribal agreements for gaming.
State leaders did not try to meet with Southern Ute Indian officials until just before sports betting became legal and subsequently tried to pressure the tribe’s vendor, threatening the company’s license if it provided “off-reservation services” to the tribe. “This attempt to bring tribal gaming under state regulation is illegal, offensive and pointless,” attorneys for the Southern Ute Indian Tribe wrote in the complaint. “The tribe is a sovereign Indian nation that has occupied its homeland since time immemorial and, as such, enjoys a sovereign right to regulate its own commercial activities as it sees fit consistent with its binding Gaming Compact with Colorado.
Polis effectively froze the tribe out of Colorado’s sports betting market, the complaint states, forcing the tribe to close Sky Ute Sportsbook in 2023.
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