The California Department of Justice confiscated three illegal gambling machines built for multiple players and arrested three people in Solano County on Oct. 21. A July tip from Vallejo police sent the case to the Bureau of Gambling Control, which chose to run the investigation itself. The department wrote the search warrant, a Vallejo police … Read more
A three-judge panel ruled 3-0 that federal Indian gaming law treats Kalshi’s sports contracts as Class III gaming. Blue Lake Rancheria in Humboldt County and Chicken Ranch Rancheria in Tuolumne County brought the case. California Attorney General Rob Bonta and 26 other states backed the tribes in a joint brief. The case returns to a … Read more
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge signaled Thursday that he will not throw out a class action accusing DraftKings of running illegal sports betting in California through its daily fantasy contests, telling lawyers he believes the games are likely prohibited by state law and that the players suing have adequately alleged a financial injury. What … Read more
Voters, judges, regulators: for years the state’s most powerful gaming interest has thrown everything at its only in-state competitors and come up empty. After the June 30 ruling, five doors remain open, and none of them is easy. SACRAMENTO — In most fights over gambling money, the side with $12 billion beats the side with … Read more
California’s blackjack ban could drain the budgets of small cities that live on cardroom taxes. Inside the cardroom cities at risk and the June 30 court date.
California AG Rob Bonta has received over $330,000 in tribal-gaming contributions since 2014, including from the tribes most directly affected by the cardroom dispute.
California AG Rob Bonta declared daily fantasy sports illegal in July 2025 and pledged enforcement within weeks. Eleven months later, DraftKings, FanDuel, and the rest of the industry continue to operate in California as if the opinion never happened.
San Jose collects $30 million a year in cardroom taxes from Bay 101 and Casino M8trix. The state’s halted blackjack ban would have cut into that revenue immediately.