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February 15, 2021, 5:53 pm · Washington State made its latest attempt to expand gambling policy to private card rooms and racetracks in the hopes of making the state more competitive when it came to revenue. During the State Senate Committee hearing last week, 1,888 people attended online. 1,041 of them opposed a bill on the matter. There were 17 lobbyists, who tuned in on behalf of 14 of the 29 federally recognised native American tribes. The tribes currently h...

Gaming co. relocates to Kirkland Maverick Gaming announced it will move from Nevada to a new headquarters building in Kirkland. The site, at 12530 N.E. 144th St., is in the Kingsgate neighborhood, east of Interstate 405, and north of Totem Lake. The building is now home to Caribbean Cardroom, in a 1978 former retail building thats been owned by a local family for decades. Maverick CEO Eric Persson said in a statement, “I grew up in Hoquiam and am humbled and excited to be locating Maverick ...

Maverick Gaming today announced they are in the process of moving their corporate headquarters to Kirkland, WA, a reflection of the company’s ongoing and long-term investment in Washington State. 

Washington bill would extend legal betting to cardrooms 5th February 2021 | By Robin Harrison A Senate bill filed in Washington State would legalise wagering at cardrooms, racetracks, and via online platforms should it pass into law. Senate Bill 5212, was filed in January by Republican Senator Curtis King and his Democratic counterpart Marko Lilas.  It subject of a hearing in the chamber’s Committee on Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs yesterday (4 February). The bill aims to permit cardroom...

Supporters say expanded sports betting in WA would add jobs By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOSFebruary 4, 2021 GMT SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Supporters of a bill to expand sports gambling in Washington state beyond Indian casinos and into privately-owned card rooms across the state said Thursday the measure would increase job and tax revenues. But opponents say such an expansion would take money from tribes who use the casino revenues to fund their operations and social programs. “This is our tax base,�...

COVID, Dem co-sponsor give latest bid to expand gambling in WA new life With many wants and needs for Washington’s economic future right now, it looks like lawmakers may be more open to some things they weren’t ready to move on last year, among them, the expansion of sports betting beyond tribal casinos to also include cardrooms and racetracks. It was a failed effort championed by Nevada-based Maverick gaming owner Eric Persson last year, who tried, unsuccessfully, to convince state lawmake...