By Paul “Skip” Stam Christian Action League June 23, 2021 Days ago, a congressional committee moved H.R.1619, a bill that would grant Catawba Indian Nation a controversial casino in North Carolina. The Catawba’s reservation is located in South Carolina; however, since the Palmetto State’s restrictive gaming laws prevent them from conducting gaming at home, they […]
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Catawba Tribe Clears Another Hurdle in Path to NC Casino
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League May 27, 2021 The Catawba Indians’ plan to build a huge Las Vegas-style casino near Kings Mountain cleared another federal hurdle this week, but the Rev. Mark Creech says the move is no cause for celebration. “I think this is exceedingly sad for the people of Cleveland County. Bad […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]