US District Court Judge John Menendez handed California cardrooms a significant win in their ongoing fight with the state’s tribal casinos.
On June 18, the US District Court for the Eastern District of California dismissed a lawsuit filed by three California Tribes (Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, the Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians and the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation) against the State of California and Governor Gavin Newsom.
At issue is California’s cardrooms offering traditionally house-banked card games like blackjack and baccarat. The cardrooms argue that because the games are player-dealt and because they have no stake in the outcome (the house simply collects a fee per hand as it does at poker tables), these aren’t house-banked games.
The state’s gaming tribes have long objected. California’s gaming tribes have pointed to several aspects of the arrangement they believe violates the exclusivity clauses of their compacts with the state.
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