The chairman of the California Nations Indian Gaming Association says the ruling that continues to allow the Seminole Tribe to be the only Sunshine State entity to offer mobile wagering through Hard Rock Bet has tribes in the Golden State hopeful it could potentially use the same precedent to operate sports betting one day.
“I think a lot of people anticipate that we’re going to start having a push for a new initiative immediately,” Siva said. “We’re going to continue the same path that we’ve been doing the last few years. We’re going to move carefully, methodically. It’s opened up some new avenues for us to utilize and look at it with opportunities, but our timeline remains the same, even with this decision.
“For us, the fight was always going to be worth it,” Siva said. “We were never going to back down from these guys. It gives us something else to lean on.”