![]() The property is owned by Twin River Worldwide Holdings. ![]() Twin River Tiverton, a hotel and casino complex, opened doors in the town of Tiverton last September. Harrop and his legal team claimed that while under state law all forms of gambling expansion should first be approved by voters, residents of the state were not asked whether they approved the legalization of sports betting on the territory of Rhode Island. ![]() The facility was to replace the Newport Grand slots parlor. A Tiverton solicitor advised the town to remain a neutral party in a recently filed lawsuit that challenges the legality of sports betting in Rhode Island, local news outlet NewportRI reports.ĭaniel Harrop from Portsmouth filed this past May a lawsuit against the Rhode Island Division of Lotteries and the Rhode Island Department of Administration, arguing that state voters did not approve sports betting in the November 2016 referendum that asked whether a new casino with Las Vegas-style gaming should be located in Tiverton.
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