Victor Rocha was in his element Wednesday.
He talked about the epiphany he had nearly a year ago that Indian Country is under siege. In a passionate voice, he told a room full of tribal leaders, “Like Mike Tyson said, ‘Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face.’”
Rocha’s punched-in-the-face moment came on a drive through the Mojave Desert in October 2024 as he was returning home from the Global Gaming Expo (G2E) in Las Vegas. It was then, amid the barren landscape, that he said he knew he’d been lied to by a sweepstakes operator, and that sweepstakes were a threat Indian Country could not ignore.
Two months later, another threat materialized when then little-known Kalshi got the go-ahead to offer event contracts on the presidential election.
