As announced recently, three tribal casino operators in California lost a legal battle regarding which operators should have exclusivity when it comes to offering card games such as baccarat and blackjack. According to the most recent report, the three major Californian Indian tribes lost their legal battle against the California state.
The lawsuit was filled by a trio of tribal casino operators in the state amid their claims that their multiple gaming compacts had been actually violated as commercial casinos operating in the state started offering table and card games in which competitors compete against the casino rather than competing against each other. The tribes have argued that their unique gaming compacts that had been negotiated four years ago contain multiple provisions which actually give them all of the exclusive rights to provide card, casino-banked games.
However, their most recent filed federal suit which contended that this particular restriction was violated by commercial casinos had created a new rotating casino role which actually allowed customers to take their turns and play against each other. The lawsuit also stated that the violations occurred following the California Bureau of Gambling Control introducing its new card games guidelines which are actually the one creating a rotating casino role.
Rotation Rule Frequently Violated by Commercial Casinos
Following the release of new card games guidelines by the California Bureau of Gambling Control, all sorts of croupier difficulties emerged on the scene. Despite the fact that it seems that these latest guidelines proposed are completely in line with the already arranged conditions related top exclusivity, tribal casinos in California stated that this casino rotation rule is being frequently skirted by commercial gaming venues.
In their lawsuit, the three federally-acknowledged casinos also stated that commercial gaming facilities with the rule actually make use of multiple third-party players. In other words, the tribal casinos stated that people employed by commercial casinos are oftentimes employed by different private companies in order to act as croupiers as many standard competitors tend to decline these kinds of offers regarding serving as the dealer. All of this leads the trio of California tribal casinos to file a lawsuit.
Requests Proposed by Tribal Casinos
The suit by three tribal casinos was filled with the state’s Court of Appeals located in San Francisco. The lawsuit actually sought instant injunctions against gambling facilities of commercial kinds which as stated in the lawsuit violated exclusive rights to offering card games which are house-banked. As previously mentioned, the three tribal casinos which filed the lawsuit are the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation which operated the popular Cache Creek Casino Resort located in Sacramento.
The other two casinos include the Sycuan Band and the Viejas Band which operate Scuyan Casino Resort and Viejas Casino in San Diego. However, shortly after the lawsuit was filed, the judge responsible for the lawsuit dismissed it by explaining that the three tribal casinos’ gaming compacts, in fact, do not feature the matching exclusivity provisions as integrated within arrangements which are inked back in 1999. For this reason, the judge decided that the three tribal casinos can expect the sought exclusivity rights which had been granted under the state’s constitution provision.
