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Report Suggests Huge Expansion of Gambling for North Carolina, Gambling Bills Already Filed

By Hunter Hines Christian Action League April 8, 2021 Someone has said that gambling is the one sure way of getting nothing for something. But a report, which the N.C. legislature requested and the North Carolina Education Lottery commissioned begs to differ. Spectrum Gaming created the report, which was originally only supposed to study sports […]

Filed Under: Featured, Gambling Tagged With: Catawba Tribe, Cherokee, Citizens United Against the Lottery, Cornelius Gallagher, Gambling, Gaming, HUnter Hines, NC Education Lottery, Rev. Mark Creech, SB 498, SB 688, Spectrum Gaming, Stop Predatory Gambling, WRAL

Governor Signs Gambling Compact with Catawba Indians

By L.A. Williams Christian Action League January 28, 2021 Gov. Roy Cooper on Friday signed a compact with the Catawba Indian Nation that will allow the South Carolina-based tribe to conduct Las Vegas-style gambling, sports betting and more at its planned $273 million, 17-acre casino project in Kings Mountain as soon as this fall. The […]

Filed Under: Featured, Gambling Tagged With: Catawba Indian Casino, Catawba Two Kings Casino Resort, Cherokee Tribe, Cleveland County, District Judge James Boasberg, Elaine Marshall, Gov. Roy Cooper, John L. Rustin, Kings Mountain, L.A. Williams, NC Attorney General Josh Stein, NC Family Council, Richard Sneed, Sen. Lindsay Graham, The News & Observer, video poker

Gambling Bills in Washington Would Proliferate Tribal Casinos in N.C.

CAL Ex. Dir. says these gambling measures are ‘bad business, bad recreation, bad religion, bad politics, bad economics and bad morality’ By L.A. Williams Christian Action League December 3, 2020 It’s estimated that over the next eight years, the American people will lose more than $1 trillion to government-sanctioned gambling. A growing portion of that […]

Filed Under: Featured, Gambling Tagged With: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Catawba Indian Casino, Catawba Indian Tribe, Catawba Two Kings Casino Resort, Cherokee, Cherokee Reservation, Chief Richard Sneed, Cleveland County, Gambling, gambling bill, House Resolution 1964, Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, Kings Mountain, L.A. Williams, Lumbee Tribe, SB 790, Sen. Lindsey Graham, Sen. Richard Burr, Sen. Thom Tillis, tribal casinos

Catawba Indian Tribe Breaks Ground for New Casino at King’s Mountain

By Graham McDowellChristian Action LeagueJuly 23, 2020 WBTV News reported on Wednesday that the Catawba Indian tribe of South Carolina broke ground in King’s Mountain to build a new casino. “Local leaders, attorneys and Catawba Nation Chief William Harris all say the casino is happening – and it’s happening fast. They say the space, on […]

Filed Under: Featured, Gambling Tagged With: Catawba Indian Tribe, Chief Richard Sneed, Chief William Harris, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Gambling, Graham McDowell, Harrahs Casino, IGRA, John Rustin, Kings Mountain casino, NC Family Policy Council, Rev. Mark Creech

Sweepstakes Gaming Proposal to Clarify Illegality of the Industry Had Opposite Effect

By Hunter HinesChristian Action LeagueJune 26, 2020 Although the North Carolina General Assembly has passed numerous laws banning video sweepstakes parlors, they still operate in some places.   The problem for their continued existence seems twofold. Once a law is passed, the sweepstakes industry is adept at adjusting their software for the games and asserts […]

Filed Under: Featured, Gambling Tagged With: Gaming, House Rules Committee, HUnter Hines, Rev. Mark Creech, SB 380, Sen. Andy Wells, State Court of Appeals, sweepstakes, video sweepstakes

The Way Gambling Serves as a Substitute for True Religion

By Rev. Mark H. Creech Christian Action League March 27, 2020 The Oxford Dictionary defines religion as “belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power… a particular system of faith… a pursuit or interest to which someone ascribes supreme importance.” Technically speaking, gambling is not a religion, but in principle it certainly apes one. […]

Filed Under: Featured, Gambling, Rev. Creech's Commentary Tagged With: BetOnline.ag, Dave MAson, lotteries, Raleigh News and Observer, Rev. Mark Creech, Rex M. Rogers, Seducing America: Is Gambling a Good Bet

US Department of Interior Gives the Go-Ahead on Catawba Indian Casino in Cleveland County

By L.A. Williams Christian Action League March 19. 2020 Kings Mountain, long known as the location of a tide-turning Revolutionary War battle, has been at the center of a seven-year battle over gambling. Late last week, the United States Department of the Interior gave the South Carolina-based Catawba Indian Nation the go-ahead to establish a […]

Filed Under: Featured, Gambling Tagged With: Adam Forcade, Alton Beal, Catawba Indian Casino, Catawba Indian Nation, Cherokee Nation, Cleveland County, Harrah’s Cherokee Casino, Harrah’s Cherokee Valley River Casino, John Rustin, Kings Mountain, L.A. Williams, North Carolina Family Policy Council, Shelby Star, U.S. Rep. Mark Walker of Greensboro, US Department of Interior, York County

Moving Statement on Catawba Indian Casino from Former Chairman of King’s Mountain Awareness Group

By Adam Forcade Christian Action League March 20, 2020 When Rev. Mark Creech reached out to me for a reaction to the federal government’s decision to allow the Catawba tribe of South Carolina to build a Casino off reservation and out of state, I had to beg a bit of time to consider. I certainly encountered […]

Filed Under: Featured, Gambling Tagged With: Adam Forcade, casino, Catawba Indian Casino, Cleveland County, Ezekiel 33: 2-6, KIng's Mountain Awareness Group, Rev. Mark Creech

State’s Attorney General, Josh Stein, Weighs In on Proposed Digital Lottery Games

By L.A. Williams Christian Action League January 31, 2020 Digital instant lottery games would “prey on vulnerable people and risk real harm to both communities and families.” That’s the opinion of state Attorney General Josh Stein, who wrote a letter Jan. 22 warning the North Carolina Education Lottery not to implement the online games and […]

Filed Under: Featured, Gambling Tagged With: digital lottery games, L.A. Williams, NC Attorney General Josh Stein

The Gambling Gambit

A game of graft, greed and grief By Charles Milton Sword of the Lord January 28, 2020 I heard about a mother who was afraid her young son would become a gambler like other members of their family. She prayed for him in his presence. She asked God that if he ever did gamble, please […]

Filed Under: Featured, Gambling Tagged With: Charles Milton, Ephesians 4:28, Gambling, stealing

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