Arkansas reports….
Arkansas gambling regulators’ decision to award a Mississippi company a casino license is “a cavalcade of errors, arbitrary actions and legal non-compliance” that failed to recognize the “objectively superior” application by the Cherokee Nations-backed resort company, which should have won the license, a lawsuit filed Tuesday says.
Attorneys for the Indian-owned Legends Resort and Casino LLC called for Pulaski County Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen to reverse the state Racing Commission’s decision to deny it the casino license for Pope County in favor of Gulfside Casino Partnership.
Legends states that it’s the only qualified applicant because it’s the only company endorsed by both the county judge and Quorum Court of Pope County, has “substantially” more experience in operating casinos and promised to get the operation up and running faster while bankrolling the $250 million project itself rather than seek financing.
The suit broadens the litigation over the sole Pope County license. Gulfside sued the Racing Commission in Pulaski County Circuit Court in 2019 to get its application considered after commissioners rejected it.
Read more at https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2021/feb/17/lawsuit-contests-casinos-licensing/
