Online Poker Hopes Still Alive in California Online Poker Hopes Still Alive in California
Håkan Dahlström, Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License
Key Takeaways
  • Two influential Californian tribes have written to California Assemblyman Adam Gray voicing concerns over the swift passage of his Daily Fantasy Sports bill and recommended that online poker should be considered alongside DFS.
  • It was also revealed this week that Gray’s AB 431 now contained an amendment that called for a pay out of $60 million annually to the horse racing industry.
  • These two elements combined have raised hopes among poker proponents that a bill could be amended to include online poker, or one of the four maligned online poker bills could be reintroduced before the procedural deadline next week.

Two influential Californian tribes have written to California Assemblyman Adam Gray voicing concerns over the swift passage of his Daily Fantasy Sports bill and recommended that online poker should be considered alongside DFS.

It was also revealed this week that Gray’s AB 431 now contained an amendment that called for a pay out of $60 million annually to the horse racing industry.