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.
The Dry Creek Rancheria spent more than two decades running River Rock out of a tent. Now it is keeping the casino but renting the Caesars name, a different way to play California’s building boom. GEYSERVILLE, Calif. – For more than 20 years, one of Sonoma County’s casinos has run out of what amounts to … Read more
While Online Betting Stalls, California’s Tribes Are Pouring Billions Into Brick and Mortar The state won’t have legal sports betting before 2028, but its gaming tribes are not waiting. From Sonoma County to the Central Valley, a building boom is reshaping the market, and not without a fight. California is the strangest big gambling market … Read more
The Indian Gaming Association announced a national legal defense fund at its April convention in San Diego, organized against Kalshi, Polymarket, and the broader prediction-market industry. Tribal gaming generated nearly $44 billion in 2024.
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.