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About Citizens Against Expanded Gambling

Founded in 2015, Citizens Against Expanding Gambling (CAEG) is the only organization exclusively dedicated to lobbying against the expansion of gambling in Wisconsin. We inform, equip and engage 1,000s in our statewide grassroots coalition of citizens, employers and community leaders who share a common concern about the explosion of gambling in Wisconsin. Join our coalition today by signing our petition here. We have successfully fought back the legalization of Daily Fantasy Sports (the entrée to online gambling) in 2016 and 2017.

Need to Know Facts About the Kenosha Casino

Dec 1, 2023

Kenosha Casino Talking Points DOWNLOAD HERE: Kenosha Casino Talking Points There Are Few Details Kenosha Mayor Antaramian, County Executive Kerkman, and their legal experts have been pushing forward IGAs for the proposed casino that lack critical detail, and they are promoting a false narrative about the need for immediate approval. City and County officials have repeatedly stated that the Intergovernmental Agreements (IGA) for the Casino have not been rushed or conducted in secret. Just a few days before the Thanksgiving...

BIA Confirms No Deadlines on Intergovernmental Agreements for Casino Despite False Narrative of Urgency by Some Local Officials

Nov 20, 2023

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: Monday, November 20, 2023 Contact: Lorri Pickens, Lorri@citizensagainstgambling.com; 920-659-4489 Download Release here: CAEG BIA Release 11_20_2023 BIA Confirms No Deadlines on Intergovernmental Agreements for Casino Despite False Narrative of Urgency by Some Local Officials   Kenosha, WI – Despite statements by the Mayor, County Executive and Menominee representatives, the Bureau of Indian Affairs says there is no need for Kenosha County to rush to approve an intergovernmental agreement with the Menominee Tribe on a proposed casino. The proposal has...

BIA Confirms No Deadline for City or County Casino Agreements

Nov 18, 2023

Federal Bureau of Indian Affairs confirms there is no need to rush City of County agreements for proposed Casino. “There is no time limit when negotiating an IGA with the Tribe, in some cases, those agreements are entered into once the land is in trust. Also, there is no time “bar” from entering into that agreement.  And nothing that says you have to sign at the same time as the city.” Read here: Emails

Kenosha Casino Alert!

Nov 13, 2023

Kenosha Casino Alert! CAEG CCH Release 11_12_2023 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: Thursday, November 12, 2023 Contact: Lorri Pickens, Lorri@citizensagainstgambling.com; 920-659-4489 Download press release here: CASINO Lack of Detail and Transparency in Kenosha Casino Process Puts Kenosha Residents at Risk   Kenosha, WI – Intentionally deceitful, embarrassing, and shameful – that sums up Kenosha’s City Council Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) which was the subject of a last minute public hearing on a secretly negotiated deal for a Kenosha Casino. The agreement lacks important details,...

City and County of Kenosha Collude to Jam Through a Casino Proposal Cloaked in Secrecy

Nov 9, 2023

Kenosha, WI – On Tuesday, the City of Kenosha announced a last minute public hearing had been scheduled for today on a secretly negotiated deal for a Kenosha Casino. Shortly thereafter, the Kenosha County Board was notified that the County’s IGA, also negotiated in secret, would be shared with the whole committee on November 14, the legislative committee on the 15th, and the finance committee on the 16th. The agreements will likely be voted on by the City tonight after...

Why So Much Secrecy Around the Kenosha Casino?

Nov 8, 2023

There is no local, state, or federal timeline requiring the IGAs to be fast tracked. This process has been cloaked in a cloud of secrecy and deception- and now City and County officials are rushing to approve Intergovernmental Agreements without time to fully understand and discuss this secretly negotiated deal. Below are a few of the concerns deserving a full and open public debate.  Read more here:  Questions about Casino Proposal

Kenosha Casino Cloaked in a Shroud of Secrecy

Sep 25, 2023

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE KCBIAAPP_PR_9_25_2023 Date: Wednesday, September 25, 2023 Contact: Lorri Pickens, Lorri@citizensagainstgambling.com; 920-659-4489   Kenosha Casino Cloaked in a Shroud of Secrecy Application to Bureau of Indian Affairs Creates More Questions than Answers Kenosha, WI – Past attempts to place an off-reservation casino in Kenosha have been shrouded in secrecy and tainted by corruption and questionable business practices. The new casino application submitted to the Bureau of Indian Affairs on May 2, 2023 by the Menominee Tribe of Northern Wisconsin...

Kenosha Casino BIA Application

Sep 19, 2023

Kenosha Casino BIA Application

The Economic Impact of Regional Casinos

Jun 26, 2023

Kenosha County is one of the most prosperous counties in Wisconsin, a far cry from where we were even a decade ago. The prosperity we now enjoy is due to the deliberate effort to attract good economic development such as Uline and Nosco corporate headquarters and landing large new distribution and production facilities like Amazon and HARIBO.   This kind of sound economic development creates a bright economic future for Kenosha County even through catastrophic events like the COVID pandemic. Most...

What is Predatory Gambling?

Jun 24, 2023

Predatory gambling is when state and local governments partner with powerful corporate gambling interests to use commercialized gambling to exploit and defraud citizens and their communities across the country. The business model for state lotteries and local casinos depends on blatantly exploiting the financially desperate and the addicted. It cannot survive without these citizens. Government’s primary responsibility is to protect citizens – but for the government to win, its citizens must lose. Over the next eight years, the American people...

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