“[I]t is more likely that Brazil will see a regulated market operating in the second half of 2024.”
— Neil Montgomery, managing partner of Brazilian law firm Montgomery & Associados, on sports betting market this year
“I’ve witnessed firsthand how tribes across the Indian gaming industry have pursued economic sustainability through gaming by relying on – and cultivating – the robust regulatory reputation for which Indian gaming is well known, and made better when supported by effective and efficient measures by Indian gaming’s regulators.”
— E. Sequoyah Simermeyer, , outgoing chairman of the National Indian Gaming Commission, after five years at the helm
“Let’s say tribes got a monopoly selling steak in Minnesota. I’m a new company and want to make a veggie burger. It looks like a burger and tastes like a burger, but it’s not a burger. It’s made of veggies. The tribes come to me and say you can’t make that because it looks like a burger.”
— Taro Ito, Running Aces CEO, comparing how he feels as a track owner dealing with tribal approaches to exclusivity in Minnesota
