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Legalizing sports betting in Calif. gets competitive with second 2022 initiative

ALEX TAVLIAN 8-13-21

The hopes of many a gambler for California to legalize sports betting garnered fresh interest on Thursday as a new, second initiative to legalize the practice was sent to the state’s Attorney General in the hopes of making the November 2022 ballot.

California’s gaming industry is, admittedly, a complicated animal dominated by competing interests – Native American tribes, card rooms, and race tracks – that have coexisted for decades, peacefully or otherwise.

The new initiative – dubbed the California Sports Wagering and Consumer Protection Act – is spearheaded by a unique player: California cities.

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