Andrew DeMillo, Associated Press
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – The Arkansas Supreme Court for the second week in a row is hearing arguments over a ballot measure that would give a private business the exclusive right to operate casinos in the state.
Justices are scheduled to hear oral arguments Thursday in professional poker player Nancy Todd’s lawsuit over her proposed constitutional amendment. Todd sued the state after election officials rejected her proposal.
The state has argued that Todd’s proposal to operate casinos in four counties would implicitly repeal a state law allowing electronic gambling such as video poker at a Hot Springs horse track and a West Memphis dog track. Todd argues they’re trying to predict the future by saying it would repeal that law.
The court last week heard arguments over a competing casino legalization proposal.
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