A small, but significant, addition to Adam Gray´s Californian Internet poker bill would appear to have been introduced to appease those opposed to bad actors.
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The California Nations Indian Gaming Association has expressed its disappointment that DFS legislation is being given precedence over online poker regulation.
Depending on which GO Chairman you listen to, the prospects for the regulation of online poker in California this year are dead, or still on life support.
The California State Assembly’s Appropriations Committee yesterday passed Adam Gray´s shell bill after Republican committee members abstained from voting.
Yesterday´s joint “informational” hearing of California´s GO Committees only served to add further obstacles to the regulation of online poker in California.
The publication of amendments to Adam Gray´s California i-gaming Bill (AB 431) reveal just how far he had to climb down to get his (lack of) proposals passed.
Yesterday´s meeting of California´s Governmental Organization “GO” Committee concluded with a unanimous vote in favor of the passage of Adam Gray´s AB 431.
The “informational” hearing of Adam Gray´s AB431 was inexplicably removed from the agenda of yesterday´s Government Organization committee meeting.
After a period of intensive inactivity, four hearings have been scheduled in the near future to discuss the online gambling proposals introduced in California.
According to reports from the recent NIGA convention, the Pechanga Tribe has softened its objections to “bad actors” being involved in California i-gaming.