California is the biggest untapped US market with
potentially hundreds of millions at stake.
However, the issue is especially complex due to the fact that the state allows for card rooms (86
locations in a variety of cities), tribal
gaming (65 casinos on tribal lands) and race tracks all of which have a vested interest in how sports betting develops in the state.
ballot in California as a combined initiated constitutional amendment and state statute in November. It allows for online betting with revenue dedicated to combating the homelessness crisis in California. It is supported by FanDuel, DraftKings, and BetMGM as well as a number of city mayors. It would allow online sports wagering run by Native American tribes or betting operators that contract with them. Tis act would act in conjunction with other proposals which would allow for retail sports betting.
Another initiative, Te California Sports Wagering Regulation and Unlawful Gambling Enforcement Act, would allow Native American tribes and racetracks as well as some California card rooms to offer in-person and online sports betting. However, other card rooms have filed a lawsuit in an attempt to keep the sports betting initiative off the ballot. Tey argue that the initiative be removed as it violates California’s constitutional rule that ballot initiatives can involve only a single subject.
Meanwhile, “Te Age-Verified Tribal Online and In-Person Sports Wagering Act” was filed with the California Attorney General’s Office on November 5. It would allow in-person and online sports wagering to be conducted and regulated by tribal operators.
FLORIDA CALIFORNIA
California is the biggest untapped US market with potentially hundreds of millions at stake. However, the issue is especially complex due to the fact that the state allows for card rooms (86 locations in a variety of cities), tribal gaming (65 casinos on tribal lands) and race tracks, all of which have a vested interest in how sports betting develops in the state. It is perhaps no surprise that lawmakers have been unable to find a way that would meet with the approval of all
stakeholders. Consequently, the issue will in all likelihood go before a ballot at the end of this year.
According to some estimates, tribal casinos have already spent as much as $100m to fight off outside sportsbooks from operating in their state. Meanwhile, operators such as DraftKings and FanDuel are lobbying for their own piece of the potential market.
“Te California Solutions to Homeless and Mental Health Support Act” may appear on the
Te Seminole Tribe, which was one of the forerunners of the Indian Gaming movement, will play a pivotal role in the future of the sports betting industry. In November 2017, Florida voters voted in favour of state constitutional Amendment 3 by a vote of 71.47 per cent to 28.53 per cent, which takes the right to issue a casino licence away from the Florida Legislature and gave it to the electorate. Te Seminole Tribe owns six casinos in the state.
However, the future of sports betting in Florida remains uncertain even though Florida entered into a gaming compact with the Seminole Tribe in April 2021. Te 75-page compact gave the Tribe the exclusive ability to conduct sports betting in the state until 2051. Te compact is now being reviewed by the federal government over allegations that
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the compact had been corrupted by non tribal casino interests. In June in a letter to Deb Haaland, secretary of the U.S. Department of Interior, Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber asked the federal government to reject the compact arguing that the expansion amounted to a violation of state and federal law.
“It was simply a vehicle hijacked by non-tribal casino interests who fully corrupted the legislative and executive process in order to obtain advantages outside of tribal land and in direct contravention to the interests of Floridians,” Gelber wrote in his letter.
In addition, a number of private gaming entities in Florida have sued the state after the compact was approved, arguing that they were being kept out of the sports betting market, while the Seminole Tribe was being allowed to illegally operate in spite of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) provisions.
In November, US District Judge Dabney Friedrich ruled that the
The future of sports betting remains uncertain even though Florida entered into a gaming compact with the Seminole Tribe in April 2021. The compact gave the Tribe the
exclusive rights to conduct sports
betting in the state until 2051. The
compact is now being reviewed by
federal government over allegations that the compact had been corrupted by non tribal casino interests.
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