
The Morongo Tribe is the only one in California to don’t support the current draft online poker bill, because of its alliance with PokerStars.
California’s tribal gaming operators have actually united behind a draft bill which could sooner or later legalize online poker in California, thus opening up what promises to be the biggest market in the usa, and perhaps among the biggest in the world. In a letter to the sponsors associated with the current draft bill, Senator Lou Correa (D-Santa Ana) and Assemblyman Reginald Jones-Sawyer (D-Los Angeles), a coalition of Native American tribes announced they had visited terms and would be lending their support.
‘We are honored to inform both you and your colleagues that for the very first time in five years, the undersigned tribal governments are united in help associated with the attached unified language that would authorize intrastate Internet poker in the State of California,’ begins the letter. ‘that we harness instead than cede the technology of the future for California and for our tribal communities. as you know, this journey has been very long and difficult, nevertheless the challenges posed by cyberspace demand’
Tribal Schism
The unification of the tribes is a significant action on the trail towards regulation; nevertheless, of the signatories representing 13 tribal operators in the letter, there was clearly one notable absence. The Morongo Band of Mission Indians h [Read more...]