{"id":743,"date":"2015-02-19T13:20:05","date_gmt":"2015-02-19T13:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/?p=743"},"modified":"2015-02-19T13:20:05","modified_gmt":"2015-02-19T13:20:05","slug":"californias-poker-debate-continues-as-tribes-soften-stance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/californias-poker-debate-continues-as-tribes-soften-stance","title":{"rendered":"California\u2019s Poker Debate Continues As Tribes Soften Stance"},"content":{"rendered":"
Online poker analysts predicted at the start of 2014 that the state of California would legalize online poker by 2015. Mike Gatto<\/strong>, the California Assemblyman has done his best to push for the legalization of online poker by introducing a new bill the AB 9<\/a> but after a lot of debate legislators decided not to approve the bill for now.<\/p>\n The bill had a number of proposals that many poker groups found extremely harsh and hence not everyone supported the bill. A number of tribes in California could not agree on the bad actor clause which proposed harsh punishments for online gambling companies that operated without a license and for online gamblers who took part in illegal online gambling activities. <\/p>\n