It’s been 10 years since lawmakers in California began looking at regulating state licensed online poker sites. Nothing has ever come to fruition.
However, California Assemblyman Reggie Jones-Sawyer, sponsor of the current online poker bill, has said definitively that there won’t be any action on it this year.
The debate could be restarted next year, but there’s no guarantee. California tribes haven’t been able to come to a consensus on how to regulate the industry, some don’t want PokerStars being allowed entry into the market. (YOU MAY ALSO LIKE: ONLINE POKER SIGNAL OUT AS CRIMINALIZING)
“California has only considered peer-to-peer online poker and no other games like blackjack or slots, though it’s been said that poker could be the gateway game”
According to Steve Stallings, chairman of the California Nations Indian Gaming Association, it could be a “turning point” if PokerStars ever decided to abandon plans to offer online poker in the state through its brick-and-mortar partners
