Stenehjem mentioned Powerhouse was utilizing unlawful or pirated software program within the machines, phrases the corporate says are slanderous. Powerhouse mentioned the suspension order prices it $60,000 per week and threatens the roles of 69 staff in 5 states as a result of of the loss of enterprise and hurt to the corporate’s status.
Powerhouse attorneys argue that the corporate owns one kind of software program within the machines and that the state has no regulatory authority over one other kind of software program. Even so, they are saying, the corporate complied with the state’s request for proof, and that no different playing producer has been required to offer such proof, the paperwork state.
Powerhouse President Nathan Freels claims Stenehjem and Gaming Director Deborah McDaniel have interfered along with his enterprise and contracts and violated his proper to due course of. The two “exercised pre-hearing discretion” to implement a brief licensing suspension “which in actuality had a ultimate impact,” in response to the paperwork. Stenehjem’s claims in a information launch have been made “maliciously, recklessly and with intentional disregard for the reality,” the paperwork state.
Freels asks a decide to cease enforcement of the suspension order and McDaniel’s order of violation, and halt additional issuance of an e mail McDaniel despatched to the state’s charities, bars and distributors that the corporate says “poisons the properly for Powerhouse Gaming with all these entities.” A brief restraining order would permit the corporate to show machines on in places which can be keen to take them, “however most of the charity places have changed (them) with competitor machines,” the paperwork state.
