April 27, 2017
The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians – one of two powerful tribal groups in an influential California online poker legalisation coalition that includes cardrooms and online poker provider Pokerstars, has announced its withdrawal from the alliance. Other members of the alliance included PokerStars, Morongo tribal interests and the Commerce Club, Hawaiian Gardens and Bicycle […]
January 27, 2015
The re-introduction of Assemblyman Reggie Jones-Sawyer’s AB167 Internet Consumer Protection Act of 2015 seeking to regulate and licence online poker in California (see previous report) has been welcomed by the coalition of Pokerstars and tribal and card room groups in the Golden State. The alliance consists of Pokerstars and Full Tilt, along with the San […]
June 4, 2014
Predictions last week that the 13 California tribes encompassed by the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians and the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians have reached agreement on an intrastate online poker bill (see previous report) were confirmed Tuesday when the tribes communicated with Sen. Lou Correa and Assemblyman Reginald Jones-Sawyer. Our readers will recall […]
May 30, 2014
A bill drafted by the powerful Pechanga and San Manuel tribal coalition for the intrastate legalisation of online poker in California may be unveiled this week after months of rumour and speculation, according to tribal lobbyist Jerome Encinas. The coalition met this week in what is believed to be finalisation talks on the draft bill’s […]
May 18, 2014
In what could prove a breakthrough in the move toward online poker legalisation in California, the important San Manuel Band of Serrano Mission Indians and the Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians have reportedly reached a broad consensus on how they see the market should be regulated. Tribal differences have bedevilled the legalisation issue in California […]