June 25th5 Jun 2022 14:19
Any California sports betting efforts have until June 25 to qualify for the ballot, with up to four ballot measures currently possible. The legalization of sports betting in California requires a constitutional amendment approved by voters. Read on for all the latest updates, news, and progress regarding CA sports betting.
What’s happening in California sports betting right now
May 24, 2022 – The California Teachers Association opposes the proposition to legalize online sports betting, according to a group funded by tribal gaming operators.
May 12, 2022 – The launch of online sports betting in California would push the total addressable North American market to $37 billion, according to BetMGM‘s investor presentation.
May 3, 2022 – The online sports betting proposal had 1.6 million signatures submitted by the deadline, which means it will likely be on November’s ballot.
April 27, 2022 – A poll sponsored by tribal groups suggests Californians oppose an online betting initiative that is still gathering signatures to qualify for the November ballot. The survey polled more than 1,000 likely California voters.
April 18, 2022 – Multiple elected officials, including mayors and city council members, joined the opposition to the tribal retail gaming initiative, according to cardroom-funded Taxpayers Against Special Interest Monopolies
April 8, 2022 – The Los Angeles Dodgers opened the 2022 MLB season a year removed from a title, though you’d have to travel elsewhere to legally bet on whether they can win again this year. This likely is not the last MLB Opening Day without legal mobile betting, either. Right now, the only initiative approved for November‘s ballot is only for retail betting. Even if mobile was added to the ballot and approved by voters it would be a rush to launch the market by late March 2023.
March 30, 2022 – A group of veteran organizations announced their opposition to the tribal retail sports betting proposal approved for November’s ballot, according to a press release from cardroom-funded Taxpayers Against Special Interest Monopolies. Groups include National Veterans Foundation, the Marine Corps Veterans Association and the Association of the United States Army groups in northern and southern California.
March 25, 2022 – Multiple cardrooms are backing a campaign that will lobby against the tribal retail sports betting proposal that is approved for the November ballot. Concerns mostly stem from the ability the tribes would gain to privately sue cardrooms for offering certain types of games.
March 17, 2022 – Three tribes are taking to television to lobby against the online betting initiative backed by sportsbooks that is aiming for a spot on November’s ballot.
March 8, 2022 – A lawsuit to invalidate a retail sports betting ballot proposal has been refiled in a lower court after the state’s Supreme Court declined to hear it.
Feb. 25, 2022 – More than a fifth of California voters are undecided on sports betting according t