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California tribes oppose proposed mobile sports betting initiative

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A group led by businessman Kasey Thompson filed a California initiative proposal this autumn to legalise statewide mobile sports betting under tribal control. The California Nations Indian Gaming Association said it unanimously opposed the proposals and urged proponents to withdraw them. The group was awaiting a title and summary before it could begin gathering signatures for potential qualification for the November 2024 ballot.

Tribal opposition could affect the route and timing of any proposed California sports betting market.

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Federal judge bars Kalshi sports contracts on suing California tribes’ lands

US District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley granted a preliminary injunction in Blue Lake Rancheria v. Kalshi in California on Wednesday. The order bars Kalshi from offering sports contracts on the plaintiff tribes’ lands and requires the tribes to provide boundary maps by 13 November; Kalshi must report its compliance steps within 21 days.

A San Francisco federal judge has blocked Kalshi from listing sports event contracts on land belonging to the California tribes that are suing it. Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley, who sits in the Northern District of California, granted the tribes a preliminary injunction on Wednesday in the case Blue Lake Rancheria v. Kalshi.

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