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The state erred by rejecting a proposed ballot measure that if passed, would grant a woman exclusive rights to operate casinos in several Arkansas counties, and voters should decide the issue in November, her attorney told the state Supreme Court on Thursday.

Arkansas election officials have rejected an attempt to block a proposed casino legalization measure over questions about the way tax revenues from the expanded gambling would be distributed.

Attorney General Dustin McDaniel has approved the wording of a proposed constitutional amendment to allow casinos to be built in seven Arkansas counties, clearing the way for supporters to begin gathering signatures.

A group looking to start casinos in Arkansas began collecting signatures Friday to get on the November ballot. But those behind the idea for a "poker palace" already face opposition.

The Stop Casinos Now committee is trying to keep a proposed constitutional amendment from bringing casinos into Arkansas.