The Indian Gaming Association (IGA) is gathering tribal leaders to “urge immediate action to address the growing threat posed by prediction market gambling” and gather support to protect tribal sovereignty and state gaming authority.
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This comes as IGA Chairman David Z. Bean noted that “this is one of the greatest threats tribal government gaming has faced in a generation.
In a statement, the IGA noted that its meeting “comes as Indian Country is engaged in a coordinated, nationwide effort to stop online sports betting and casino-style gambling that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has allowed to proliferate across the country.
