The partnership includes mobile and retail sportsbook access to Arizona sports betting for TwinSpires – an online wagering brand for horse racing and sports.Ĭhurchill Downs Incorporated had rebranded its online sportsbook and iGaming platform to TwinSpires, which operated as BetAmerica before this January. The Tonto Apache Tribe – the potential candidate for Arizona sports betting license – owns and operates the Mazatzal Hotel & Casino. Gambling-Shakedown Claims Advance in Ariz.The Churchill-Downs-owned TwinSpires announced Friday it is partnering with the Tonto Apache Tribe in a bid to enter the newly legalized Arizona sports betting market. Turtle Talk has posted documents from the case, Pistor v. 'The tribal defendants can thus be held liable under § 1983 only if they were acting under color of state, not tribal, law at the time they seized the gamblers,' the decision stated. 'This case law merely confirms the well-established rule that a § 1983 claim cannot be maintained against defendants who act under color of tribal rather than state law,' Brezon wrote, citing other cases in the 9th Circuit in which individual tribal defendants were not held liable. If the defendants were indeed acting under tribal law, the gamblers will not be able to succeed with a claim under 42 U.S.C. 'The district court correctly determined that the gamblers are seeking to hold the tribal defendants liable in their individual rather than in their official capacities.'Īlthough the decision is a victory for the gamblers, the 9th Circuit cautioned that it wasn't ruling on the key issue in the case - whether the tribal defendants violated federal civil rights law. 'The gamblers have not sued the tribe,' Berzon observed. The tribal defendants asserted sovereign immunity because they argued they were acting in their official capacities under tribal law. Property from them, none of which has been returned,' Judge Marsha S. The accused the tribe's chief of police, the facility's general manager and a gaming inspector of stealing their earnings.ĭefendants took significant sums of cash and other personal Rahne Pistor, George Abel and Jacob Witherspoon were detained after winning large sums of money at the Mazatzal Hotel and Casino in October 2011. Tribe, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday.

Three gamblers can proceed with a lawsuit against employees of the Tonto Apache

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