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> I'm not sure what baggage either prop came with

Short answer, tribal gaming leadership shenanigans. No betting propositions will ever pass in CA without their approval, but they continuously want way too much of the gambling pie.

1. Prop 26 — sports betting at tribal casinos and four race tracks. Tribal casinos can do dice and roulette.

Issues:

- even more power at tribal casinos.

- “ The proposition also would have created a new way of enforcing some gaming laws, allowing anyone to bring a lawsuit if they believe the laws are being violated and the state Justice Department declines to act”. Basically any card room that was not tribal was going to be sued non-stop.

2. Prop 27 - online sports betting.

Issues:

- even more centralized gambling control by tribes.

- extremely high threshold for gaming companies seeking licenses would have made it unusually tough for small but viable vendors to compete.