US Supreme Court declines Maverick Gaming challenge to Washington tribal compacts
The US Supreme Court declined to hear former Maverick Gaming’s challenge to Washington tribal gaming compacts, leaving in place lower-court rulings against the company. The suit sought to invalidate the compacts and challenged a 2020 Washington law allowing sports betting on tribal lands; Shoalwater Bay Tribe chairman Quintin Swanson said the case threatened the tribe’s compacts and economic welfare.
The Supreme Court’s refusal leaves rulings supporting Washington tribal gaming compacts and the tribal sports-betting framework in place.