For California tribes, a future sports betting partnership comes down to trust, as tribal leaders reiterated during Thursday’s SBC Summit seminar.
Commercial interests are now in agreement. Officials from FanDuel, which along with rival DraftKings owns roughly 70% of the US online sports betting market share, have publicly apologized in recent months for the 2022 efforts. California’s gaming tribes saw it as an existential threat to their sovereignty. The tribes had battled for decades against commercial card rooms and horse tracks, which they have argued in court infringe on the exclusive gaming rights granted to them by a 2020 ballot measure.
These efforts worked, as Golden State voters overwhelmingly rejected both sports betting initiatives, showing even stronger opposition to the mobile ballot measure. California became the first state to reject a standalone sports betting ballot measure.With California still a major untapped market, leading US sportsbooks have changed their approach to try to find new ways to enter the state.
Neither tribal nor commercial gamine stakeholders have publicly discussed a timeline for a future initiative. With a 2024 ballot measure logistically and legally impractical, 2026 would present the next potential opportunity. Sportsbook access is also undetermined. Gaming tribes in several states have supported in-person-only sports betting as a way to attract bettors to on-reservation casinos. Unsurprisingly, the commercial operators back a statewide mobile market.
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