[3][4] He attended the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, to study sociology, criminal justice, psychology, political science and government, and communications, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1998.
He gives credit to the five billionaires he has worked with for teaching him lessons he has used for success: Sheldon Adelson, Michael Gaughan, Kazuo Okada, Jeremy Jacobs, and Jeffrey Gural.
[6] In January 2022, Maverick filed a lawsuit against state and federal authorities to break what it claims is a monopoly on sports betting by tribal interests.
[3] Maverick is suing on the grounds that Washington's implementation of IGRA creates a monopoly and also violates the Constitution's equal protection clause because it is racial discrimination.
Persson's own tribe, the Shoalwater Bay Indian Nation, though not named in Maverick's lawsuit, filed a brief to have the case dismissed.
In February 2023, US District Judge David Estudillo agreed with the tribes, writing, “As the Tribes note, such relief threatens not only tribal revenue and contracts, but also tribal and non-tribal employment and other businesses, which Shoalwater asserts is a matter of sovereign authority.”[3][7] Immediately following the ruling, Maverick appealed the ruling.
A Supreme Court ruling on the case could reach far beyond Washington state, including Florida, where there is a similar sports betting law that favors the Seminole Tribe.