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Cherokee Nation Entertainment Gaming Holdings, LLC, a subsidiary of Cherokee Nation Businesses, announced Thursday it has reached an agreement with MGM Resorts International to purchase the operations of Gold Strike Tunica for $450 million in cash, subject to customary adjustments. CNE…

The Arkansas Joint Budget Committee has officially approved mobile sports betting rules in the state, allowing Arkansans the ability to place mobile wagers — just in time for March Madness. Casinos in Arkansas now are allowed to launch sports betting…

Arkansas casinos will be opening back up on a limited basis on May 18. Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced during the Thursday COVID-19 press conference that the three casinos in the state will be reopening with specific restrictions. According to Hutchinson,…

Arkansas casinos are beginning to feel the impact of coronavirus, as all of the casinos effectively shut down to contain the spread of the virus. Operations at the Saracen Casino Annex in Pine Bluff are ceasing today (March 17) and…

Numbers eye-popping as state projects could reach $1 billion. by Jeremy Peppas The numbers are a little eye-popping when it comes to the state’s three ongoing casino projects because by any measure, $700 million is significant. The largest of the…

We’re another week closer to Election Day, and the campaigns for and against the five proposed measures likely to appear on your November ballot are still are making their cases as clear as mud. And that’s where I come in.…

Arkansas Wins in 2016, a group proposing a constitutional amendment to allow three casinos in Boone, Miller and Washington counties, told the Arkansas Supreme court today that a lawsuit seeking to invalidate the proposal should be dismissed for lack of…

A plan to oppose the opening of casinos in three Arkansas counties has reportedly been backed by forty Arkansas legislators. The Committee to Protect Arkansas’ Values/Stop Casinos Now released a report Monday listing the names of the lawmakers supporting the…