While officials verify those signatures, tribal gaming groups are also mounting opposition to the online wagering initiative.<\/p>\n
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Last week, the \u201cCoalition for Safe, Responsible Gaming,\u201d released statements from business groups that oppose the online measure. Those organizations said allowing out-of-state operators to have control of online wagering would threaten more than 125,000 tribal casino jobs across the state and billions in economic impact the tribal casinos create.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cAs Native American people, we are proud of the fact that\u00a0tribal casinos have proven to be powerful economic engines in tribal and non-tribal communities alike,\u201d<\/strong> American Indian Chamber of Commerce of\u00a0California President Tracy Stanhoff said in a statement.<\/p>\nThe online measure would allow tribal operators to offer sports betting as well, but with restrictions on branding.<\/p>\n
“This measure would give online gambling corporations near total control over the sports wagering market, effectively hijacking any local economic benefits for our small businesses, while sending\u00a090% of profits from sports gambling out-of-state and even out of country,\u201d California Asian Pacific Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Pat Fong Kushida said in a statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
UPDATE 5\/21 2:30 pm ET – This story has been updated to include a response from a spokeswoman for “Coalition for Safe, Responsible Gaming” regarding concerns from cardrooms over the tribal sports betting measure’s language allowing lawsuits against illegal gaming operations. A group of officials from the Los Angeles area came out with statements Thursday […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":214406,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[61,1074,18456],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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