The Supreme Court of Guam has ruled that gaming licenses issued by the U.S. Territory’s Department of Revenue and Taxation (DRT) are void.
The December 21 decision makes the operation of the machines illegal on the island. The case was pursued by the Guam Office of the Attorney General, which has maintained for a decade that the machines are not allowed.
The Supreme Court reaffirmed a lower court order that “DRT’s gaming regulations and licenses issued under those regulations are void.”
In 2015, the DRT stopped issuing licenses to comply with the AG’s opinion. An acting governor then ordered the department to begin reissuing them, sparking the court case.
