The latest on California tribal gaming, sports betting, cardrooms, prediction markets, and online casino developments. We track the stories shaping the state's gambling market.
The Digital Financial Assets Law took effect July 1, putting exchanges that serve Californians under state licensing. Here is what changes for crypto casino players and the prediction market fight.
By Chloe Marsh
One year after breaking ground, the Tule River Tribe's Phase 2 build has entered full resort construction, with a 193 room hotel tower and 2,000 seat events center on track to open in 2027.
By Aaron Whitfield
Sportsbooks called the tournament the biggest betting event in American history, the equivalent of ten Super Bowls. None of that handle flowed through a regulated California book.
By Theo Ashworth
Three tribes are appealing the federal ruling that let Kalshi keep offering sports event contracts to Californians, and July brought new courtroom clashes from Nevada to New Jersey.
By Joanna Pham
Eight months after opening its 150,000 square foot casino south of Bakersfield, the Tejon Indian Tribe is building the resort half of its 600 million dollar project, targeting late 2027.
By Derek Loomis
Tribal leaders used a national gathering of gaming lawmakers in San Diego to confirm a tribally led statewide online wagering initiative, with equity among all 109 tribes at the center of the plan.
By Ryan Carrigan
Tribal leaders have signaled they will not pursue a 2026 measure, pointing instead to 2028 as the realistic window for legal wagering.
By Ryan Carrigan
The prediction market operator argues federal oversight shields it from state gambling law, while tribal governments say its sports contracts cross a clear line.
By Ryan Carrigan
Survey data on one side, hands-on testing on the other. Here is exactly how the two become eight weighted pillars and one number.
By Ryan Carrigan
The law that closed the promotional game exemption has pushed major sweepstakes operators out of the state and extended liability to payment processors and affiliates.
By Chloe Marsh
We ran the California survey data through SPSS with t-tests, variance analysis and confidence intervals so every number earns its place.
By Derek Loomis
A judge granted cardrooms a preliminary injunction against the Attorney General's regulations, allowing player banked games to continue while litigation proceeds.
By Derek Loomis
The Northern California property has added a large block of new slot machines as part of a wide ranging expansion among the state's tribal casinos.
By Derek Loomis
We stratified our sample to mirror California itself, then used random and snowball sampling to reach players other surveys miss.
By Chloe Marsh
A bipartisan measure aims to amend federal law so sports and casino style event contracts cannot be offered on commodities regulated exchanges.
By Ryan Carrigan
State programs offer free counseling and a statewide cardroom self exclusion option, though tribal casino self exclusion remains handled at the property level.
By Chloe Marsh
National ratings treat every player the same. California is not the same. Here is why we ran our own study, starting in Palo Alto.
By Ryan Carrigan
An Attorney General opinion concluding paid daily fantasy contests are unlawful continues to shape how operators approach the California market.
By Ryan Carrigan
California's tribal gaming association used its annual address to reaffirm its focus on sovereignty, exclusivity, and challenges from emerging gambling products.
By Derek Loomis
Despite its size, the state offers no regulated online casino play, and the path to legalization runs through the same tribal dynamics shaping sports betting.
By Chloe Marsh