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Federal judge dismisses Colorado tribes’ online sports betting lawsuit

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US District Judge Gordon Gallagher dismissed a lawsuit by the Southern Ute and Ute Mountain Ute tribes challenging Colorado’s regulation of online sports betting. The 23 October ruling found that wagers occur where the bettor is located, so the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act does not cover wagers placed off tribal land. Colorado’s governor’s office welcomed the decision, while the tribes had argued their gaming compacts authorised statewide online betting.

The ruling limits the tribes’ claim to offer statewide mobile betting under federal tribal gaming law.

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