Lorcan Palaca 
California makes you 21 to play a cardroom or most tribal casinos, and it has no legal sportsbook at any age. But an 18-year-old here can open a Kalshi account and trade sports event contracts, including on college football, because the federally regulated exchange sets its floor at 18, not 21. SACRAMENTO, Calif. — An … Read more
Blake Snell struck out 10 over six innings on 84 pitches in his first start since May 9. The Dodgers cleared roster spots by optioning Charlie Barnes and moving Blake Treinen to the 60-day injured list. Treinen carried a 3.52 ERA with 25 strikeouts across 23 innings before his June elbow injury. Los Angeles is … Read more
Chapman has an operation booked for Tuesday in Philadelphia to fix a hernia and a right-side core muscle tear. He hit .235 with seven home runs, 18 doubles and 42 RBIs in 84 games before the injured list. Statcast put his expected batting average at .210 and expected slugging at .319, both under weak actual … Read more
The Athletics’ 24-year-old shortstop played his 111th consecutive errorless game Sunday at Fenway Park, passing a mark that had stood for 24 years and giving a struggling, Sacramento-based club a rare reason to celebrate. BOSTON — For a franchise with little to celebrate this season, the Athletics finally had a moment worth savoring, and it … Read more
The commission has run without an acting or permanent chair since Jan. 13, when Sharon Avery’s term ended. It approved two gaming ordinance amendments nationwide in 2026, neither in California, down from 19 in 2025. California’s most recent approval went to the Soboba Band of Luiseno Mission Indians on Nov. 24, 2025. Compacts, land into … Read more
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a 25-year compact Aug. 4 raising the Yurok Tribe’s machine cap from 99 to 349. California drops its 10% to 25% cut of the tribe’s net win for a share of regulatory costs. At 349 devices the tribe stays a Limited-Gaming Tribe drawing $275,000 a quarter from the state fund. The … Read more
Bowyer says he saw Mizuhara’s problem gambling inside 30 days, then kept raising his betting limits. Prosecutors say the illegal book ran at least five years and at times had more than 700 bettors. Mizuhara placed at least 19,000 bets and finished about $40.68 million down, the sentencing record shows. Bowyer sent at least $9.3 … Read more
Twelve senators, including both from California, asked Senate committees July 17 for an IGRA savings clause and an event-contract ban. Senate bill 4160, the standalone measure that would supply that ban, protects state law but never mentions IGRA or tribal compacts. The CLARITY Act carries neither protection, and the Senate leaves Aug. 10 and does … Read more
The United Auburn Indian Community named general manager Dawn Clayton chief executive of Thunder Valley Casino Resort on Aug. 4. Clayton has spent 16 of her 44 years in gaming and hospitality at Thunder Valley, the past 13 running operations. The tribe’s compact caps the property at 3,500 gaming devices and two facilities through Dec. … Read more
Los Angeles paid a prospect haul for the two-time Cy Young winner at the deadline, and a betting market that already had the two-time champs on top pushed them further ahead. Bovada now lists the Dodgers at +150 to win a third straight title. LOS ANGELES – The best team in baseball just added the … Read more