A Citrin-POLITICO poll found that half of registered voters in California would accept regulated sports betting limited to tribal casinos and sportsbooks located there. The poll found that 37% would support online sports wagering, while most state residents apparently opposed legalising iGaming and online sportsbooks.
The findings indicate differing voter views on land-based and online sports betting in California.
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Reportedly, Nebraska voters will decide on proposed online sports betting ballot measures in November. A public hearing on the proposals concluded without any opponent giving testimony.
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.
California tribes are considering a sports betting referendum while prediction-market operator Kalshi faced two court setbacks in New York. The report also covers regulatory developments in Ohio and other states.
It was reported that WILL brought a Waukesha County court action against Wisconsin officials, including Governor Tony Evers. Two organisations seek to block tribal online sports wagering under the state’s new framework.
It was reported that tribal gaming leaders and Ohio’s solicitor general asked Congress to halt expansion of sports prediction markets. They spoke at a Senate Indian Affairs Committee roundtable.