US Insight
Key Takeaways
  • Hearing on California bill scheduled for May 25.
  • Esports meeting held in Nevada.
  • Oklahoma-based PokerTribe.com launches.

California

An Assembly Appropriations Committee hearing on online poker bill AB 2863 is now scheduled for next week, May 25 according to reports, but nothing appears on the official schedule.

The bill’s primary sponsor, Adam Gray, said during the last hearing nearly a month ago that he would be meeting with the tribes every two weeks in an attempt to resolve the main hurdle to passing the online poker legislation—the issue of suitability.