A path to legal sports betting is developing in California. Still, two issues that must be resolved before the legislature will enact legislation offering the electorate the opportunity to legalize sports betting there (The state constitution requires any expansion of gambling to be approved by the voters.).

First, and it’s a lengthier discussion, the tribes need to stop going to war with the card rooms over having table games in card rooms. As the reader will see, this longstanding dispute, which has generated millions of dollars in legal and lobbyist fees, only benefits the corporate lawyers and lobbyists who treat their tribal clients like ATMs.