In California, a coalition of seven tribes that is lobbying against the passage of proposed legislation that would legalize online poker in the state has announced that it could remove its opposition if suggested changes were inserted into the measure.
In a letter to California State Assemblyman Adam Gray, the group of land-based casino-operating tribes led by the Pechanga Band Of Luiseno Mission Indians and the Agua Caliente Band Of Cahuilla Indians, suggested amending the Democrat’s impending Assembly Bill 2863 to insert specific provisions that would punish operators that had continued to serve residents of the United States following the federal passage of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) in 2006.
Gray recently amended his proposed legislation to …