California Online Poker Efforts Shelved Indefinitely Very Little Chance Bill Will Move Forward This Year: Report
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by Brian Pempus | Published: Apr 25, 2017
It’s been 10 years since lawmakers in California began looking at regulating state-licensed online poker sites. Nothing has ever come to fruition.
It was already unlikely that 2017 would be any different, but, according to OnlinePokerReport, California Assemblyman Reggie Jones-Sawyer, sponsor of the current online poker bill, has said definitively that there won’t be any action on it this year.
The debate could be restarted next year, but there’s no guarantee.
California tribes haven’t been able to come to a consensus on how to regulate the industry. Some don’t want PokerStars being allowed entry into the market.
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