Colorado: Ute Mountain Ute Tribe files new complaint in sports betting lawsuit
The Tribe claims the state has blocked its attempts to establish an online sportsbook.
The Ute Mountain Ute Tribe has joined a previously filed lawsuit against the state of Colorado, according to a CPR News report.
The amended complaint was filed with the US District Court for the District of Colorado, the local report said.
The lawsuit, which was originally filed by the Southern Ute Tribe, alleges that the state “is blocking the ability of Tribes to engage in online sports betting, a violation of the terms that govern Tribal gaming in the state.”
According to the new complaint filed by the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, the group looked into releasing its own sportsbook online “as authorized under Tribal law but was unable to do so.”
The statement sent on to read, “One of the primary reasons why it was unable to proceed was that its potential vendors declined to do business with it after receiving communication from (Colorado Division of Gaming) suggesting that participation could result in an enforcement action by the State.”
Colorado first opened a legal online sports betting market in 2019 when voters approved legalization by a narrow margin.
Both the Southern Ute Tribe and the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe have claimed that they were not able to establish online sportsbooks. An agreement from 1995 is at the heart of the legal battle, according to the local report.
The Tribes maintain that the state of Colorado “is improperly interpreting the agreement when they say that the Tribes can only handle wagers on reservation lands” and this this action is “a violation of the terms that govern Tribal gaming in the state.”
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