Federal court bars Michigan regulator from enforcing TwinSpires licensing rule
A federal court in Michigan made permanent an injunction preventing the Michigan Gaming Control Board from enforcing the state’s tethered-licence requirement against Churchill Downs’ TwinSpires platform. The ruling followed a Sixth Circuit decision that the federal Interstate Horseracing Act pre-empts the state requirement.
The permanent injunction prevents Michigan’s regulator from enforcing its tethered-licence requirement against TwinSpires’ online horse-race betting platform.