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With the introduction of a constitutional amendment to allow sports wagering legislation in California, some California tribal representatives have asserted that doing so would violate their tribal-state gambling compacts: even threatening to withhold compact mandated payments to California if sports wagering is adopted.  But this argument is not credible.(1) First, the California Constitution authorizes compacts […]

There is one overriding dynamic right now in California legislation and politics: the war with Donald Trump.  From climate change and fuel economy standards, to immigration and sanctuary status, health care, gun control and labor laws, the Trump Administration and the State of California are going to war.  Even before Donald Trump was sworn in, […]

The hallmark of gambling regulation in the United States is the licensing of those persons who operate or profit from gambling.   The aim is to avoid the hidden owners, disguised interests and unsuitable persons that long ago dominated Las Vegas casinos.  State gambling laws generally require the investigation and licensing of any person involved in […]

The Supreme Court has asked the United States Solicitor General to weigh in on New Jersey’s challenge to the federal restrictions on state authorized sports wagering. The Court has not decided whether to hear the case, but its request to the Solicitor General is interesting in at least two respects. First, the Court did not […]