{"id":778,"date":"2017-05-08T12:40:50","date_gmt":"2017-05-08T12:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/?p=778"},"modified":"2017-05-08T12:40:50","modified_gmt":"2017-05-08T12:40:50","slug":"manitoba-first-nations-to-seek-legal-action-for-locating-new-casino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/manitoba-first-nations-to-seek-legal-action-for-locating-new-casino","title":{"rendered":"Manitoba First Nations To Seek Legal Action For Locating New Casino"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/05\/derek-nepinak.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-780\" \/><strong>First Nations groups<\/strong> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/manitoba\">Canada\u2019s Manitoba province<\/a> are planning to take the legal route in order to overcome the local government\u2019s objections to opening an indigenous-run gaming facility in the capital city of <strong>Winnipeg<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Grand Chief Derek Nepinak said that it was unfair to be kept out of a lucrative gaming market.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, <strong>Derek Nepinak<\/strong> said <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Winnipeg is the gaming market in Manitoba and for us to be shoved aside and kept out of the prime gaming market is unjust. It&#039;s in bad faith and we aren&#039;t going to stand for that. We are upping the stakes by looking at our legal options and moving from there<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Nepinak made the remarks after First Nations chiefs across Manitoba met to discuss the gaming options available in the province. The decision comes after Peguis First Nation&#039;s chief <strong>Glenn Hudson<\/strong> renewed an agreement with Aseneskak Company Inc, a First Nations company that operates the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aseneskak.ca\/\">Aseneskak Casino<\/a> near the Pas. The partnership could involve relocating its struggling casino from <strong>Opaskwayak Cree Nation<\/strong> to Winnipeg.<\/p>\n<p>Manitoba Premier <strong>Brian Pallister<\/strong> had rejected the idea of a new casino in the city when the relocation was first proposed last year. Citing a 2016 Gaming Market Study, Pallister said that the city\u2019s casino market was oversaturated. Hudson has countered Pallister\u2019s position pointing out to a market study carried out by Peguis in 2014 that proves that the market had the capacity for one more casino.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent statement, <strong>Justice Minister Heather Stefanson<\/strong> said that any new casino proposal would need to be backed by market analysis and a viable business plan. She said that so far no application or proposal had been received regarding a casino at Assiniboia Downs. Peguis\u00a0has an ongoing relationship with the Manitoba Jockey Club, the group that owns Assiniboia Downs, arising from a 2013 agreement to develop a large urban reserve that would feature a hotel, retail operations and a conference centre. The master plan for Assiniboia Downs includes the option of including an on-site gaming facility but no further discussions have been held on the matter according to Assiniboia Downs CEO <strong>Darren Dunn<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The provincial government operates two casinos in Winnipeg which are the <strong>McPhillips Station Casino<\/strong> and <strong>Club Regent<\/strong>. A third facility, the <strong>Shark Club Gaming Centre<\/strong> is run by owners of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/hockey-betting\">ice hockey<\/a> team <strong>Winnipeg Jets, True North Sports &amp; Entertainment<\/strong>. Nepinak said that the current gaming regime was skewed as the province\u2019s role was both as a regulator and an operator.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"First Nations groups in Canada\u2019s Manitoba province are planning to take the legal route in order to overcome the local government\u2019s objections to opening an indigenous-run gaming facility in the capital city of Winnipeg. Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Grand Chief Derek Nepinak said that it was unfair to be kept out of a lucrative gaming [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legislation"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Manitoba First Nations To Seek Legal Action For Locating New Casino<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"First Nations groups in Canada\u2019s Manitoba province are planning to take the legal route in order to overcome the local government\u2019s objections\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/manitoba-first-nations-to-seek-legal-action-for-locating-new-casino\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Manitoba First Nations To Seek Legal Action For Locating New Casino\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"First Nations groups in Canada\u2019s Manitoba province are planning to take the legal route in order to overcome the local government\u2019s objections\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/manitoba-first-nations-to-seek-legal-action-for-locating-new-casino\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Betting.ca News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-05-08T12:40:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/05\/derek-nepinak.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ava Tremblay\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ava Tremblay\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betting.ca\\\/news\\\/manitoba-first-nations-to-seek-legal-action-for-locating-new-casino#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betting.ca\\\/news\\\/manitoba-first-nations-to-seek-legal-action-for-locating-new-casino\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ava Tremblay\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betting.ca\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f973e94ced5c25ebc1163a6b3da434b8\"},\"headline\":\"Manitoba First Nations To Seek Legal Action For Locating New Casino\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-05-08T12:40:50+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betting.ca\\\/news\\\/manitoba-first-nations-to-seek-legal-action-for-locating-new-casino\"},\"wordCount\":435,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betting.ca\\\/news\\\/manitoba-first-nations-to-seek-legal-action-for-locating-new-casino#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.betting.ca\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/derek-nepinak.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Legislation\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betting.ca\\\/news\\\/manitoba-first-nations-to-seek-legal-action-for-locating-new-casino\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betting.ca\\\/news\\\/manitoba-first-nations-to-seek-legal-action-for-locating-new-casino\",\"name\":\"Manitoba First Nations To Seek Legal Action For Locating New Casino\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betting.ca\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betting.ca\\\/news\\\/manitoba-first-nations-to-seek-legal-action-for-locating-new-casino#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betting.ca\\\/news\\\/manitoba-first-nations-to-seek-legal-action-for-locating-new-casino#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.betting.ca\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/derek-nepinak.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-05-08T12:40:50+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betting.ca\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f973e94ced5c25ebc1163a6b3da434b8\"},\"description\":\"First Nations groups in Canada\u2019s Manitoba province are planning to take the legal route in order to overcome the local government\u2019s objections\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betting.ca\\\/news\\\/manitoba-first-nations-to-seek-legal-action-for-locating-new-casino#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betting.ca\\\/news\\\/manitoba-first-nations-to-seek-legal-action-for-locating-new-casino\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betting.ca\\\/news\\\/manitoba-first-nations-to-seek-legal-action-for-locating-new-casino#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betting.ca\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/derek-nepinak.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betting.ca\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/derek-nepinak.jpg\",\"width\":380,\"height\":250,\"caption\":\"Derek Nepinak\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betting.ca\\\/news\\\/manitoba-first-nations-to-seek-legal-action-for-locating-new-casino#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betting.ca\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Manitoba First Nations To Seek Legal Action For Locating New Casino\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betting.ca\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betting.ca\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Betting.ca News\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betting.ca\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betting.ca\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f973e94ced5c25ebc1163a6b3da434b8\",\"name\":\"Ava Tremblay\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/bf3e7048064ea92a38d30ff72d661a62094cff7f2aac5cfd050e49ff92a5f488?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/bf3e7048064ea92a38d30ff72d661a62094cff7f2aac5cfd050e49ff92a5f488?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/bf3e7048064ea92a38d30ff72d661a62094cff7f2aac5cfd050e49ff92a5f488?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ava Tremblay\"},\"description\":\"Hello, My name is Ava. I am a keen sports enthusiast and enjoying not only watching but also playing a variety of them throughout the year. Ones that I particularly enjoy are reflected in the posts I tend to write about, stemmed from my experience in college athletics, coverage for the NBA and keen attendee of the Olympics.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betting.ca\\\/news\\\/author\\\/ava-tremblay\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Manitoba First Nations To Seek Legal Action For Locating New Casino","description":"First Nations groups in Canada\u2019s Manitoba province are planning to take the legal route in order to overcome the local government\u2019s objections","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/manitoba-first-nations-to-seek-legal-action-for-locating-new-casino","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Manitoba First Nations To Seek Legal Action For Locating New Casino","og_description":"First Nations groups in Canada\u2019s Manitoba province are planning to take the legal route in order to overcome the local government\u2019s objections","og_url":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/manitoba-first-nations-to-seek-legal-action-for-locating-new-casino","og_site_name":"Betting.ca News","article_published_time":"2017-05-08T12:40:50+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/05\/derek-nepinak.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Ava Tremblay","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ava Tremblay","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/manitoba-first-nations-to-seek-legal-action-for-locating-new-casino#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/manitoba-first-nations-to-seek-legal-action-for-locating-new-casino"},"author":{"name":"Ava Tremblay","@id":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/f973e94ced5c25ebc1163a6b3da434b8"},"headline":"Manitoba First Nations To Seek Legal Action For Locating New Casino","datePublished":"2017-05-08T12:40:50+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/manitoba-first-nations-to-seek-legal-action-for-locating-new-casino"},"wordCount":435,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/manitoba-first-nations-to-seek-legal-action-for-locating-new-casino#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/05\/derek-nepinak.jpg","articleSection":["Legislation"],"inLanguage":"en-CA"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/manitoba-first-nations-to-seek-legal-action-for-locating-new-casino","url":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/manitoba-first-nations-to-seek-legal-action-for-locating-new-casino","name":"Manitoba First Nations To Seek Legal Action For Locating New Casino","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/manitoba-first-nations-to-seek-legal-action-for-locating-new-casino#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/manitoba-first-nations-to-seek-legal-action-for-locating-new-casino#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/05\/derek-nepinak.jpg","datePublished":"2017-05-08T12:40:50+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/f973e94ced5c25ebc1163a6b3da434b8"},"description":"First Nations groups in Canada\u2019s Manitoba province are planning to take the legal route in order to overcome the local government\u2019s objections","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/manitoba-first-nations-to-seek-legal-action-for-locating-new-casino#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-CA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/manitoba-first-nations-to-seek-legal-action-for-locating-new-casino"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-CA","@id":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/manitoba-first-nations-to-seek-legal-action-for-locating-new-casino#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/05\/derek-nepinak.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/05\/derek-nepinak.jpg","width":380,"height":250,"caption":"Derek Nepinak"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/manitoba-first-nations-to-seek-legal-action-for-locating-new-casino#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Manitoba First Nations To Seek Legal Action For Locating New Casino"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/","name":"Betting.ca News","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-CA"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/f973e94ced5c25ebc1163a6b3da434b8","name":"Ava Tremblay","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-CA","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bf3e7048064ea92a38d30ff72d661a62094cff7f2aac5cfd050e49ff92a5f488?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bf3e7048064ea92a38d30ff72d661a62094cff7f2aac5cfd050e49ff92a5f488?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bf3e7048064ea92a38d30ff72d661a62094cff7f2aac5cfd050e49ff92a5f488?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ava Tremblay"},"description":"Hello, My name is Ava. I am a keen sports enthusiast and enjoying not only watching but also playing a variety of them throughout the year. Ones that I particularly enjoy are reflected in the posts I tend to write about, stemmed from my experience in college athletics, coverage for the NBA and keen attendee of the Olympics.","url":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/author\/ava-tremblay"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}