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Federal judge vacates Koi Nation land-trust approval for California casino

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A federal judge vacated the US Department of the Interior’s approval to place the Shiloh site in trust for the Koi Nation and sent the decision back for further proceedings. The court found that the approving Bureau of Indian Affairs director lacked authority, the Nation had not shown the required historical connection to the land, and consultation with Graton Rancheria was inadequate; it rejected other environmental-review challenges.

The ruling halts the current federal approval path for the Koi Nation’s proposed California casino while the department reassesses it.

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Federal judge bars Kalshi sports contracts on suing California tribes’ lands

US District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley granted a preliminary injunction in Blue Lake Rancheria v. Kalshi in California on Wednesday. The order bars Kalshi from offering sports contracts on the plaintiff tribes’ lands and requires the tribes to provide boundary maps by 13 November; Kalshi must report its compliance steps within 21 days.

A San Francisco federal judge has blocked Kalshi from listing sports event contracts on land belonging to the California tribes that are suing it. Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley, who sits in the Northern District of California, granted the tribes a preliminary injunction on Wednesday in the case Blue Lake Rancheria v. Kalshi.

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