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Turf Paradise to resume racing, extend off-track betting
Hold your horses – Turf Paradise is back in the saddle. Ten days after announcing that live racing would cease at Turf Paradise, and therefore off-track betting sites would shut down as well, the track said recently that live racing would resume in January.
Bingo players resist regulation by state agencies
A state senator is pushing back against various state agencies over what they say is illegal gaming and he says is protected bingo.
2-year anniversary: Growth of sports gambling blows Arizona’s doors wide open
The seismic shift in Arizona’s gambling landscape occurred swiftly, and its impact continues to reverberate.
Super Bowl betting projected to reach $16 billion this year
A record 50.4 million American adults plan to bet on this year's Super Bowl, which will be held in Glendale on Sunday, wagering a total of $16 billion, while Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes urges football fans to use only legal sports betting websites and apps.
Coyotes seek gambling law change
The Arizona Coyotes want to change a new state law that legalizes sports betting to allow them to keep running their mobile sports gambling operation when they move from Glendale to Arizona State University's hockey arena next season.
Judge allows gaming expansion, sports betting to continue
Maricopa County Superior Court Judge James Smith late Monday denied a claim by the Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe that the law approving off-reservation gambling was illegally enacted.
Fund helps tribes without sports-betting licenses
The legalization of sports betting means the Arizona’s Indian tribes will lose their monopoly on the state’s gambling industry, but they still stand to gain considerable benefits from the new legislation.
Feds OK new Arizona tribal casino and sports betting deal
Gambling on sporting events and online fantasy sports betting became legal in Arizona on Monday, along with a host of new gambling options at tribal casinos, after the U.S. Department of the Interior approved an updated tribal gaming compact with the state.
New compacts bring more than sports wagering
Arizona tribes are going to get at least four new casinos – and possibly more – along with more slot machines, more games of chance and the right to take wagers on a whole new category of sporting events.
Gambling bill more than sports wagering
Gov. Doug Ducey is expected to sign legislation by the end of the week legalizing not just sports gambling but also the ability of folks to create and wager on their own fantasy teams. And there's more:
Leaders are ignoring rural Arizona, horse racing industry
Sadly, here in Arizona our governor has taken a different approach, ignoring the needs of horse racing and the multitude of rural, locally owned businesses that support the industry. There has been no meeting, no conversation, no discussion about how the state can help us modernize the industry as we can compete with other states.
Gambling bill stalls in senate as politics take shape
A top legislative priority for Gov. Doug Ducey to expand off-reservation gaming is stalled in the Senate after the House voted 48-12 to approve a mirror bill on March 4.
