Will California ever see regulated sports betting? That's a very relevant question now that the latest effort to put sports betting on the ballot in a manner that's palatable to the state's powerful tribal gaming interests has fizzled out. Self-described "tech bro" Kasey Thompson presented his effort as a new approach, but it met the…
Californians are taking another stab at bringing regulated sports betting to the Golden State with two competing initiatives they’re hoping make the general ballot in November. Earlier this week the state’s Attorney General approved two proposals that will now move to the signature-gathering stage of the lawmaking process. If passed, the measures would allow federally…
The state of California is one of the potentially largest gaming markets in the United States, but is continually hobbled by the never ending battle between Indian casinos and card rooms. In the latest chapter of this battle, the The Bureau of Gambling Control (BGC) is proposing a new set of regulations that would remove…
As long as there have been bans on legal sports betting, operators and entrepreneurs have tried to find legal workarounds to those bans. One of those workarounds, a free-to-play site called Fliff; with in-game currency that can be cashed out for real currency, is being challenged in a California courtroom. Late last week a man…
California's fractured gaming industry interests came together this week in a rare moment of unity with lawmakers extended a 25-year moratorium on the building of new cardrooms. AB341, which sailed through the Sacramento statehouse had the support of both California Indian tribes and their biggest rivals, cardroom operators, in a very rare show of unity.…
Regulated sports betting and gaming expansion measures have found tremendous support in the United States over the past few years, but California is proving to be an exception. According to recent polling, Golden State voters are on track to reject both Proposition 26 and 27 when they take to the polls in November. Proposition 26,…
California voters have two chances to expand their regulated gaming options when they take to the polls in November. But, according to a recent poll from the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC), most of them aren't very enthusiastic about Propositions 26 and 27. (Prop 26 would expand table gaming and add sports betting for…
California Governor Gavin Newsom is seething over a Department of the Interior (DOI) decision to reject his state's proposed gaming compacts with several local Indian tribes. Both the Governor's Office, and the tribes themselves, issued strongly worded statements criticizing the DOI's decision as meddling and misguided. At the heart of the matter are Class III…
California's contentious gaming wars took a turn this week when the Hollywood Park Casino and Cal-Pac Rancho Cordova cardrooms filed a lawsuit aimed at shutting down a ballot initiative that would allow Tribal operators to both expand their gaming menu and sue their competitors. At the heart of issue is the California Sports Wagering Regulation…
California is, by population, the largest US State with almost 40 million residents. But despite its massive population, and mature gaming market, Golden State lawmakers have almost no progress in moving forward on regulated igaming and sports betting. While political dealings, mainly involving the state's powerful Tribal gaming interests, have stalled progress, a new poll…
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