{"id":25124,"date":"2014-06-05T08:35:21","date_gmt":"2014-06-05T08:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/?p=25124"},"modified":"2014-06-05T08:35:45","modified_gmt":"2014-06-05T08:35:45","slug":"california-tribes-agree-on-online-poker-bill-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/california-tribes-agree-on-online-poker-bill-draft\/","title":{"rendered":"California tribes agree to online poker bill draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-23456\" alt=\"California welcome\" src=\"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/California-welcome.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/California-welcome.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/California-welcome-250x166.jpg 250w, https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/California-welcome-60x40.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>After months of negotiations the California tribes which have been negotiating an agreement on poker legislation came out on Tuesday 3<\/span><sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">rd<\/span><\/sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> June and said that they had reached a settlement on how online poker should it be legalized in the state should look like.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Thirteen tribes have now agreed on the draft bill which would currently exclude PokerStars from entering the business there as part of the draft bill includes a \u201cBad Actor\u201d clause similar to that used in Nevada, excluding any company offering online poker in the US after 2006.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">However one tribe the <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Morongo Band of Mission Indians who have an arrangement with PokerStars to offer products in California will not sign the bill, predictably because they want PokerStars involved in online poker in the state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The draft letter on the agreed bill was sent to State Senator <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Lou Correa<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> and Assemblyman <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Reginald Jones-Sawyer<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> (the two sponsors of the current online poker bills in the California state legislature) and explaining their new agreement with thirteen tribes, they also sent a draft copy of their online poker bill, which is called the \u201c<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Internet Poker Consumer Protection Act of 2014<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>How this new agreed draft\u00a0bill will fair as it has not been presented for legislation is unclear but many observers in the state involved in the push for online poker believe that without the support of all the tribes it will fail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After months of negotiations the California tribes which have been negotiating an agreement on poker legislation came out on Tuesday 3rd June and said that they had reached a settlement on how online poker should it be legalized in the state should look like. 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