August 24, 2016
Amidst continued discord regarding online poker legalisation in California, the usually reliable internet publication Online Poker Report (OPR) carried a story Wednesday reporting that the Pechanga Band of Luiseño and the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians have been holding talks with 888 Poker. our readers will recall that the Pechanga and the Agua Caliente […]
May 27, 2015
The sharp differences of opinion among two of California’s main alliances on the legalisation of online poker was demonstrated yet again this week when the Pechanga tribal coalition sought to halt the advance of the favoured legalisation bill, AB431, out of the Assembly Appropriations Committee where it currently sits, and the Morongo-Pokerstars-Cardroom grouping which wants […]
April 5, 2015
A report over the weekend on the respected information site Online Poker Report suggests that an influential tribal group – the Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians – may be moving away from its insistence that any California online poker legalisation bills contain “bad actor” exclusion clauses against companies that provided online gambling services to US […]
June 4, 2014
Predictions last week that the 13 California tribes encompassed by the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians and the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians have reached agreement on an intrastate online poker bill (see previous report) were confirmed Tuesday when the tribes communicated with Sen. Lou Correa and Assemblyman Reginald Jones-Sawyer. Our readers will recall […]
May 30, 2014
A bill drafted by the powerful Pechanga and San Manuel tribal coalition for the intrastate legalisation of online poker in California may be unveiled this week after months of rumour and speculation, according to tribal lobbyist Jerome Encinas. The coalition met this week in what is believed to be finalisation talks on the draft bill’s […]
May 18, 2014
In what could prove a breakthrough in the move toward online poker legalisation in California, the important San Manuel Band of Serrano Mission Indians and the Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians have reportedly reached a broad consensus on how they see the market should be regulated. Tribal differences have bedevilled the legalisation issue in California […]