Is Online Betting Legal In California

California Betting Laws There aren’t currently any laws in California prohibiting online gambling. However, this also means that it is not state sanctioned or regulated. You cannot legally start a gambling business in the state, but technically there are no laws saying you cannot bet online. Their initiative would give them exclusivity for legal sports betting in California. California has attempted to legalize online gambling in the state multiple times. California has legalized daily fantasy sports, however, DFS has the distinction of not being classified as online betting. Despite some progress on the issue, the attempts to. The only legal California online gambling according to the law is horseracing. TVG is the main provider in California. It operates many simulcasts betting sites in the advance deposit wagering industry in the state. Other major providers accept Californians, including TwinSpires and BetAmerica.

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California Legalize Sports Betting Amendment
Election date November 3, 2020
Topic Gambling
Status Not on the ballot
Type Constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

The California Legalize Sports Betting Amendment was not on the ballot in California as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 3, 2020.

The ballot measure would have authorized sports betting, including online or mobile sports betting, in California. The ballot measure would have allowed tribal casinos and licensed horseracing tracks to operate sports betting. The ballot measure would have also authorized licensed gambling establishments to offer games played with cards or tiles in which participants wager against each other.^[1]

The ballot measure would have taxed on-site sports betting at 10 percent of gross revenue and online sports betting at 15 percent of gross revenue.^[1]

1Text of measure

Text of measure

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Constitutional changes

See also: Article IV, California Constitution

The measure would have amended Section 19 of Article IV of the California Constitution.^[1]

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the California Constitution

In California, a two-thirds vote is needed in each chamber of the California State Legislature to refer a constitutional amendment to the ballot for voter consideration.

The constitutional amendment was introduced into the California State Legislature as Senate Constitutional Amendment 6 (SCA 6) on June 27, 2019. On June 22, 2020, Sen. Bill Dodd, the amendment's lead legislative sponsor, requested that hearings on SCA 6 be canceled.^[1] Sen. Dodd said, 'Given the deadlines for getting a measure on the November ballot and the impact of COVID-19 on the public’s ability to weigh in, we were not able to get the bill across the finish line this year. It remains important that we lift this widespread practice out of the shadows to make it safer and to generate money for the people of California. I will continue to be engaged in the issue as we work toward 2022.'^[2]

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Footnotes

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↑ ^1.0^1.1^1.2^1.3California State Legislature, 'Senate Concurrent Resolution 6,' accessed June 8, 2020
↑SBC Americas, 'California sports betting bill pulled over tribal opposition,' June 23, 2020

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