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Could California Add Sports Betting Without A Ballot Referendum?

John Brennan July 22, 2021 A measure headed for the 2022 ballot likely turns this into a rhetorical question

The California State Constitution clearly forbids the establishment of commercial casinos without a laborious process that includes requiring approval of a ballot initiative by voters to amend the state’s guiding document.

But must legalization of sports betting face those same hurdles?

A recent 61-page analysis of the issue by prominent sports law attorney and University of New Hampshire law professor Daniel Wallach offers a deep dive into a clause in that constitution that is at the core of the question.

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