California Gambling News

The former San Jose Shark has liabilities of more than $26 million, which is why he filed for bankruptcy in 2021.

Casinos perfect for watching California teams in March Madness, as five men's teams and four women's teams from California will compete.

California gamblers can embrace a four-day holiday weekend horse-racing package at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia. The lineup includes a Friday card with seven races, followed by nine-race programs and a $100,000 stakes race Saturday through Monday. California horse race betting enthusiasts also can play the popular Coast to Coast Pick 5 in the $1 […]

Santa Anita Park bettors will observe two significant trends before the Friday-Sunday cards at the Arcadia oval, just north of Los Angeles. Speed has returned. Frontrunners are again doing well as the track has appeared to drain from the rain deluge of December and January. That’s a handicapping tool bettors will put into their assessments. […]

Despite not having legal sports wagering, people in California can still bet on Super Bowl LVII. And here's how.

Ready for Super Bowl 57? If you’re in California, are you ready to legally bet on Super Bowl 57? You can. Yes, you can. If you still haven’t heard of it, allow us to introduce you to Fliff. It’s a free social sportsbook that uses the promotional sweepstakes model to remain 100% legal in California. […]

California State Assembly member James Ramos introduced AB 341 on Jan. 30. The measure would create a moratorium until 2043.

Nineveh Cannavino won $112,101.73 playing the Happy Lantern Lightning Link progressive slot machine at Pechanga last month.

A new casino is coming to California wine country. While the construction timeline is still up in the air, the Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians received long-awaited approval from the county’s Board of Supervisors to build a tribal casino resort in Sonoma County. The new California casino will be located on the site […]

Funzpoints now has 71 online slots games for California players after releasing its most recent title this week. Zombies Go Home is a standard five-reel online slot game with 20 winning lines and a minimum play of 20 Standard Points or 20 Premium Points. It features a colorful play area with moving zombie silhouettes on a dark, moonlit-night […]

Global Poker is offering a week-long promo with Sweeps Coin and Gold Coin prizes, plus increased daily login bonuses. The Grizzly Games VI After Party promo comes after, you guessed it, the Grizzly Games VI tournament. It runs Feb. 20-26, and it features slots game challenges, table game challenges, and discounted purchase offers. In addition […]

Two notable card rooms in Los Angeles could be temporarily closed until they pay annual fees to the state government. That’s according to the agenda for this Thursday’s meeting of the California Gambling Control Commission, which will determine whether to temporary shutter Hustler Casino, Larry Flynt’s Lucky Lady Casino, and 10 other poker rooms until up to […]

Visitors to San Diego enjoy the downtown and Gaslamp Quarter. Both amenities make the downtown area a joy for locals and tourists. San Diego also frequently tops list of best places to live or vacation in the US. But here’s a little-known fact: Many of the great attractions in San Diego wouldn’t exist if it […]

The saying goes that everything is bigger in Texas, a state that takes pride in being bigger and better. But when it comes to Super Bowl champions, California is supreme. Nine California-based teams have won the Super Bowl, the most for any state. The Super Bowl has a tight bond with the Golden State: The […]

Some day when “The Big One” tears California from North America and sends it hurtling into the Pacific Ocean, all that may be left of “The Left Coast” could be a few letters from a famous sign (“HO WOO” everybody!), buoyant surfboards, and a few shiny World Series trophies. Good riddance, high rent districts in […]

California certified its 2022 election results last Friday. So, we’ve known for a long time that the two California sports betting measures, Prop 26 and Prop 27, lost in landslides. Now, we can detail exactly how miserably they lost, and break it down by county. Ready? Let’s dive into the epic election failures of Prop […]

A legislative compromise could be the next incarnation of California’s attempt to legalize sports betting. That does not mean that the gambling tribes and private sportsbook companies will harmoniously come together. Instead, a California legislator — or a group of them — could act as go-betweens to forge a compromise initiative that both groups can […]

The dust is still settling on Tuesday’s $450 million ballot race for sports betting in California. Prop 26 and Prop 27 both lost in landslides. And tribes behind the Prop 26 in-person sports betting measure are generally OK with it.  Tribes see their loss as a win.  “Tribes made clear that defeating Prop 27 was […]