September 30, 2017
Oklahoma governor Eddie Hamilton has filed litigation on behalf of the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes, alleging that Florida businessman Fred “Prince Fred” Khalilian and his business partners at Universal Entertainment Group cheated the tribes out of $9.45 million for the Pokertribe.com gaming website, which was never fully functional. “The transactions were marked by deceit, greed […]
August 12, 2014
Patrick B. McGuigan, publisher of Oklahoma’s The City Sentinel, and editor of CapitolBeatOK.com, resurrected the PokerTribes.com issue this week, warning that failure to act in the burgeoning online gambling sector could see the state’s 39 tribal gambling interests lose ground. Our readers may recall the PokerTribes project almost eighteen months ago, in which the Cheyenne […]
February 19, 2014
The sole tribal gambling groups showing any real interest in Universal Entertainment Group’s online gambling proposal Poker Tribes.com have backed away from the project amid internal power struggles and financial questions regarding the $9.4 million already paid over to UEG. The Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma have decided to forego participation in the free-to-play […]
December 31, 2013
The Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma want to offer online gaming to international players, but they are currently locked in a legal tussle with federal officials. Online gambling isn’t generally allowed in Oklahoma, but the Cheyenne & Arapaho were in April this year authorised by the state to launch an internationally targeted, real-money online […]