Is Sports Betting Online Legal In California

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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.

Although technically not sports betting, it is legal to play daily fantasy sports on sites such as DraftKings, FanDueland Monkey Knife Fight, as well as horse race betting online in California through sites such as TwinSpiresand TVG. However, there isn’t yet any information regarding sports betting sites or legal online sports betting in California. Tribal gaming establishments in California. The tribal gambling market in California is ripe with options and variety. In fact, California’s tribal gambling market is one of the largest regulated casino markets in the world. California’s legal sports betting age is 18. In order to partake in sports betting at online sportsbooks, you must be at least 18 years of age or older. Online sportsbooks will not allow sports bettors to wager without legal identification that proves they are at least the required legal sports betting age. Like online sportsbooks, web casinos are not regulated, though it is safe and legal to play at California casino sites. Californians can gamble at offshore online sportsbooks without getting prosecuted, though the state legislature has not regulated gambling on sports yet. Best California Sports Betting Websites.

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
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Text of measure

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]

See also

2020 measures

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.01.11.21.3California State Legislature, 'Senate Concurrent Resolution 6,' accessed June 8, 2020
  2. ↑SBC Americas, 'California sports betting bill pulled over tribal opposition,' June 23, 2020

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