Leaders of the Oklahoma House and Senate delivered a strongly worded letter to Gov. Kevin Stitt Wednesday questioning his legal authority to enter into the gaming compacts he made Tuesday with two Oklahoma tribes.

"The Legislature has not yet authorized sports betting in Oklahoma," Senate President Pro Tem Greg Treat, R-Oklahoma City, and House Speaker Charles McCall, R-Atoka, said in a joint letter to the governor. "As such, your unilateral attempt in yesterday's documents to make legal that which is not legal attempts to exercise power that belongs solely to the legislative branch of Oklahoma government."

Prior to receiving the letter, the governor's office issued a statement Wednesday defending the agreements, saying they had been "thoroughly researched" by a number of legal experts.

And leaders of the two tribes that agreed to the compacts — the Otoe Missouria Tribe and the Commanche Nation — issued their own statement saying they believe their compacts are conform with state law because their ability to offer sports betting is contingent upon sports betting being legal under state law.