Will We Have Sports Betting in California By End of 2021?
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Online Sports Betting in
California
Legal sports betting in California will likely become a reality at some point, but questions remain as to when this will happen and who will be in control of it once it’s available to the public.
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Where can you bet on sports in California?
This is still up for debate. The state’s tribes are working to ensure that any sports betting law that passes will give the tribal casinos the exclusive right to run Californian sportsbooks. As a result, 2020 saw the tribes backing sports betting legislation that would allow sportsbooks at tribal casinos and some horse tracks.
While there certainly seems to be support for legal sports betting in the state, efforts to push through legislation have fallen at the final hurdle each and every time.
For now, California players will have to head over to one of the casinos in Nevada or make use of Daily Fantasy Sports apps such as PrizePicks which accept players from California.
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State legislators, however, still believe that statewide online and mobile sports betting is the only means to capitalize on the California market so this is certainly not the end of sports betting in the state.
For the time being, California bettors are either making do with DFS apps or using offshore sportsbooks that offer betting services within the state.
California sports betting apps
It’s still unclear as to what types of legal sports betting apps will be available in California. The state’s lawmakers have previously tried to push through mobile sports betting legislation, but the tribes have so far objected as they wanted to have complete control over any sports betting activity.
This means that there are two possible scenarios should sports betting become legal — the first is that sportsbooks must be tied to tribal casinos while the second option would see an open market with operators applying for individual licenses.
What could be seen as good news for sports bettors in CA is that state lawmakers have not expressed a desire to have a sole lottery run sports betting platform similar to that in Rhode Island, Montana, and Oregon.
Each of those states has either seen a loss when it comes to sports betting revenue or have not reached their estimated potential.
So in theory, the more likely scenario for California is an expansive marketplace with apps such as DraftKings, FanDuel, PointsBet, and BetMGM competing for customers. Only time will tell, however, as these rules haven’t been passed into law.
Lawmakers have previously tried to allow CA Tribes to partner with these major online sports betting brands by including provisions for doing so in their various sports betting bills.
But, negotiations for this are ongoing and only time will tell if this issue can be resolved.