{"id":5302,"date":"2020-06-27T14:26:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-27T14:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamblingcity.net\/?p=5302"},"modified":"2020-10-18T07:29:32","modified_gmt":"2020-10-18T07:29:32","slug":"california-considers-legal-online-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gamblingcity.net\/gambling-news\/2010-12\/california-considers-legal-online-gambling-0112011330.php","title":{"rendered":"California Considers Legal Online Gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"
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California may soon have another attraction besides sandy beaches and movie stars.\u00a0State legislators are working on a measure to allow for legal\u00a0online gambling<\/a>\u00a0for state residents.\u00a0The state budget has seen huge cost overruns in the last few years, which has forced reductions in state services and furloughs for state employees.<\/div>\n
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The popularity of online gaming, especially online poker, is seen as a potential cure for the state\u2019s budget crisis.\u00a0The election of Democratic governor Jerry Brown, as well as a Democratic majority in both houses of the state legislature, would make the passage of an online gambling bill much easier.<\/div>\n
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Melanie Brenner, executive director of the Poker Voters of America, said that the major obstacle to legal\u00a0online poker<\/a>\u00a0in the state is not from conservative politicians or moral and religious leaders, but from the Native American tribes that depend on income from the numerous brick-and-mortar casinos throughout the state.<\/div>\n
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\u201cThe challenge in California has always been with the tribes, and we have made great strides there,\u201d Brenner said.\u00a0\u201cWe are just ironing out a few minor details and then we will be able to make a public announcement of their support very soon.”\u00a0She also said that the legislative sponsors for the bill would announce the details before the end of the year.<\/div>\n
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A similar measure is working its way through the New Jersey state legislature, with strong support and excellent odds of becoming law by early next year.\u00a0Brenner said that the success of such a bill in New Jersey could prove to be an impetus to get California legislators moving in the same direction<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

California may soon have another attraction besides sandy beaches and movie stars.\u00a0State legislators are working on a measure to allow for legal\u00a0online gambling\u00a0for state residents.\u00a0The state budget has seen huge cost overruns in the last few years, which has forced reductions in state services and furloughs for state employees. The popularity of online gaming, especially … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"lang":"en","translations":{"en":5302},"pll_sync_post":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gamblingcity.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5302"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gamblingcity.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gamblingcity.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gamblingcity.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gamblingcity.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.gamblingcity.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5302\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gamblingcity.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gamblingcity.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gamblingcity.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}