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A California judge has dismissed a landmark lawsuit filed by casino-owning tribes against non-tribal “card rooms,” marking another setback in the tribes’ long-running effort to eliminate their main gambling competitors. The dismissal by Superior Court Judge Lauri Damrell centered on a jurisdictional conflict, ruling that federal gambling law supersedes Senate Bill 549, a recent state … Read more

California Governor Gavin Newsome has signed and enacted Senate Bill 549, which gives tribal casinos the right to sue the state’s card rooms. For years, CA Indian casinos have been grappling with the belief that the state is unlawfully offering card games, siphoning off hundreds of millions in revenue from tribal communities across California. With … Read more