California judge tentatively dismisses tribes’ cardroom gaming lawsuit
A Sacramento County Superior Court judge tentatively dismissed tribal casinos’ challenge to cardrooms’ banked games, ruling that the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act pre-empts the tribes’ state-law claims, the report said. The tribes dispute that interpretation, arguing the case concerns off-reservation gaming; cardroom lawyers supported the ruling. The decision is tentative.
The tentative ruling could affect tribes’ state-law challenges to cardroom banked games, though the tribes dispute its interpretation.