Category: California
A lucky California resident has won just shy of $4,000,000 with the SoCal Powerball on the last day of January. The winning ticket landed 5 numbers, with just the Powerball number missing to take the entire jackpot. The ticket, which matched numbers 1, 4, 12, 36 and 49 is now worth a healthy $3,987,249. Lottery […]
California online sports betting has not looked likely for months now, but Gov. Gavin Newson has arguably put the nail in the coffin with polling also suggesting that both CA Proposition 26 and 27 will not pass. Newsom said (via Politico) that “Proposition 27 is bad for California. It would hurt California’s Indian Tribes, increase […]
CA online sports betting looks a distant dream as betting giants DraftKings and FanDuel Group will pull back on advertising as Proposition 27 looks as if it’s heading for defeat in early November. California online sports betting falls under Proposition 27, with retail sports betting (tribal) coming under Proposition 26. According to recent polls, both […]
A recent poll commissioned by the Public Policy Institute of California has shown that defeat is more than likely in commercial operators bid to legalize online sports betting wagering across CA. Polling suggests that 34% of ‘likely’ voters would opt against Proposition 27; the proposition to allow online and mobile sports wagering outside of tribal […]
Industry analysts are not optimistic about California sports betting becoming legal, in a retail or online capacity. Both Proposition 26 and Proposition 27 will be voted on in early November, and require 50 percent or upwards of the vote to pass – something that looks increasingly unlikely. Despite marketing spending pushing half a billion US […]
California’s Republican Party has voiced its opposition to Proposition 27, the ballot initiative that seeks to legalize online sports betting on a CA state-wide level. The GOP recently announced its position on all seven proposals which the Californians will head to the ballots to decide on come November 8th. This, of course, includes Proposition 26 […]
Major League Baseball released a statement last week supporting CA Proposition 27, which would see the legalization of online sports betting in California. As reported yesterday, spending on California’s sports betting ballot initiatives has usurped previous records and looks set to hit upwards of US$500m by November 8th. Proposition 26 and Proposition 27 are currently […]
Despite there almost being three months until the decision on California’s ballot initiatives, gambling tribes and commercial operators have already smashed the record for campaign spending, usurping US$350m so far. The previous record for campaign spending was held by Proposition 22, which was eventually found invalid by a state court judge. This wasn’t before the […]
FanDuel CEO Amy Howe conducted a wide-ranging interview with Contessa Brewer at SBC Summit North Americas this week, outlining clearly that FanDuel will not be promoting the brand using college athletes. This comes ahead of the pivotal California betting ballot in which part of the argument against legalized online sports betting is that it encourages […]
DraftKings CEO Jason Robins told the National Council of Legislators from Gaming States (“NCLGS”) summer meeting in Boston that he remains confident of legal California sports betting rollout despite a multimillion-dollar campaign by California tribes to defeat the ballot initiative. The November 8 California ballot will feature Online sports betting ballot measure Proposition 27, as […]
