The pair’s previous bill didn’t move out of committee last year. What’s not as sunny are the obstacles the state needs to overcome to before bettors can wager on the smorgasbord of collegiate and professional teams that play there.Īmong the issues state officials have to contend with is a likely referendum to change California’s Constitution to allow betting and the fact that all gaming is operated by Native American tribes, who are cool to the idea of sports betting.Īs of this writing, Assemblyman Adam Gray and Senator Bill Dodd have, for the second year in a row, proposed a sports betting bill. California is golden when it comes to professional sports teams having the most in the American “Big 4” (NFL, NBA, MLB, and NHL) of any other state in the nation with 16, soon to be 15 in the when the NFL’s Oakland Raiders make the move to Las Vegas for the 2020 season.
