Last year, the tribal nations operating Oklahoma’s more than 100 casinos paid $139 million to the state in “exclusivity fees,” according to Associated Press, but Gov. Kevin “Never Count Your Money When You’re Sitting at the Table” Stitt wants to raise the stakes. The fees — currently 4-10 percent of the casinos’ net revenue paid […]
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Big plays
While the prospect of legal sports betting in the state might be seen as a game changer for Oklahoma sports fans and wagerers, state-based tribal casinos are more interested in ensuring future arrangements are favorable to them than rushing to meet increased demand. In May, the United States Supreme Court cleared the way for states […]
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We rustled up this country-fried top-10 selection of the couple’s most beloved hits as the playlist to your Oklahoma City metro adventure.
We rustled up this country-fried top-10 selection of the couple’s most beloved hits as the playlist to your Oklahoma City metro adventure.
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Chicken-Fried News: Swindling senator
One state senator is in big trouble for allegedly embezzling $1.8 million from a nonprofit.
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Don’t bet on it
However, if more money is needed, the solution is easy. The gaming venues in our state annually send nearly $200 million in direct tax revenues to the Capitol for legislators to spend. Most men and women serving in that hallowed and falling-down building are Republicans, members of the same party that voted almost unanimously against […]
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Lottery limbo
Rollo Redburn Credit: Mark Hancock Politicians and industry officials guessed that figure could be upwards of $150 million per year, depending on how likely Oklahomans were to buy tickets. But no one really knew, and if you asked for a wager, they would say, “Wait until it’s started.” As it turns out, the lottery has […]
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Wrong again
Claiming authority from a long-dead scientist is nonsense. Louis Pasteur was a great scientist in large part because of his commitment to methodological naturalism. He rejected religious supernatural explanations for natural phenomena. Pasteur disproved spontaneous generation, the idea that organisms appear fully formed. What he disproved was special creationism, not evolution. Furthermore, there is no […]
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Losing bet
Credit: Shannon Cornman Twelve certified gambling treatment programs in the state receive that money from the state Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services. The amount was set when casino gambling in Oklahoma began in 2004. While such treatment programs receive additional funds from anonymous donors and grants from some American Indian tribes that […]
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An outrageous prosecution
I wonder how much money the Indians pay the federal government for protection services. I don’t know the answer to that, but I do know that the prosecution of Teddy Mitchell is the biggest protection scheme of our time. And who better to protect the Indian casino monopoly, but the federal government? Teddy Mitchell, his […]
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Wanna bet?
Superintendent Karl Springer has made a friendly wager with his Miami counterpart, Alberto Carvalho, over the outcome of the NBA Finals pitting the OKC Thunder against the Miami Heat. If the Heat prevail, Springer has agreed that, once school resumes, he would wear a Heat T-shirt for a day, as well as teach a class […]