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Maine judge allows Wabanaki tribes to join online casino lawsuit

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A Maine judge granted the four Wabanaki tribes’ motion to intervene in Oxford Casino Hotel’s lawsuit challenging the state’s online casino law. Oxford alleges the law creates an unlawful race-based monopoly; the tribes argue their exclusive rights stem from their sovereign political status. The lawsuit seeks to block the law, while the article reports platforms could launch next year if it proceeds.

The lawsuit could block Maine’s online casino law, making the tribes’ intervening role relevant to whether their exclusive rights proceed.

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Story date23 February 202622 May 2026

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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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