The Mississippi Gaming Commission has released the agenda for the August meeting to be held on August 17, 2017. Please click here for the agenda.… Continue Reading
The Mississippi Gaming Commission has released the agenda for the July meeting to be held on Jul7 27, 2017. Please click here for the agenda.… Continue Reading
While the appeal of the Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision against New Jersey’s challenge to the Professional and Amateur Sports Act of 1992 (“PASPA”) winds its way through the U.S. Supreme Court, Mississippi has taken some important steps on the road to legal sports wagering in the state. In the 2017 Mississippi Legislative … Continue Reading
For many years, the State of Mississippi had a constitutional prohibition on lotteries. Sec. 98 of the Mississippi Constitution (adopted in 1890) stated as follows: No lottery shall ever be allowed, or be advertised by newspapers, or otherwise, or its tickets be sold in this State; and the legislature shall provide by law for the … Continue Reading
The Mississippi Gaming Commission has released the agenda for the June meeting to be held on June 15, 2017. Please click here for the agenda.… Continue Reading
The Mississippi Gaming Commission has released the agenda for the May meeting to be held on May 18, 2017. Please click here for the agenda.… Continue Reading
The Mississippi Gaming Commission has released the agenda for the April meeting to be held on April 20, 2017. Please click here for the agenda.… Continue Reading
In the mid 1990s, the Mississippi Gaming Commission served as the battleground for numerous fights regarding the legality of gaming sites on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Many of those contests resulted in a series of cases that the Mississippi Supreme Court decided. In a set of disputes that are reminiscent of those days gone by, the Mississippi … Continue Reading
The Mississippi Gaming Commission has released the agenda for the March meeting to be held on March 16, 2017. Please click here for the agenda.… Continue Reading
The agendas for the Mississippi Gaming Commission’s February 16, 2017, meeting and Special Hearing have been posted. To review the February 16 meeting agenda, click here. To review the February 16 Special Hearing agenda, click here.… Continue Reading
The Mississippi Gaming Commission has released the agenda for the January meeting to be held on January 19, 2017. Please click here for the agenda.… Continue Reading
Gaming partner Tommy Shepherd was published in Law360 for his article, “Top 12 Mississippi Gaming Stories of 2016,” on December 23, 2016. The article is a retrospect on the gaming industry in Mississippi during the past year. Please click here to read the article or below to read the list. … Continue Reading
The 2016 year has been a challenging one for gaming in Texas. Horse-racing, gaming rooms, charity bingo, and the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo tribe have all been at the forefront of this year’s challenges. Horse-racing: Texas’s big race parks were ordered to close for a day after a dispute between the Texas Legislature and the … Continue Reading
The Mississippi Gaming Commission has released the agenda for the December meeting to be held on December 15, 2016. Please click here for the agenda.… Continue Reading
