This ad ran in Washington, D.C., and Capitol Hill newspapers when the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma were seeking approval of a Class III gaming compact that included Internet gaming provisions.
New leadership of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma pulled the plug on an Internet poker site but writer wonders whether it should be resurrected:
Enquiring minds want to know: Whatever happened to PokerTribes.com? Sixteen months ago, Oklahoma was on the verge of a stunning transformation for its Native-owned gaming industry, in wake of a cooperative agreement between Gov. Mary Fallin and Gov. Janice Prairie-Chief Boswell, leader of the Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribes. That compact, deemed a settlement agreement, would have banned a tribal-run social gaming network accessible in the continental United States. (That was Fallin’s objective.) Meanwhile, however, the Two Tribes could have moved forward with an internationally-accessible site subject to the compact. Revenues generated at that site would have been subject to a 20 percent levy, … and that money would have gone to the Oklahoma government. The classic win-win for Oklahomans of all stripes, right? Preparations began for a start-up and launch. In a NASCAR analogy, Oklahoma was at the pole position for worldwide impact through iGaming, including global online Poker and online Casino operations. Then, one year ago this month, at the onramp of the information highway, tribal online gaming hit a chughole. That came in the form of a Department of Interior letter declaring the Fallin-Boswell compact in violation of technical aspects of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.Get the Story:
Patrick B. McGuigan: Whatever happened to Pokertribes.com, The State of Oklahoma and It’s Tribe’s on Online Poker & the iGaming opportunity? (The Oklahoma City Sentinel 8/10)
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