Kasey Thompson, one of the sponsors of the latest California sports betting initiative proposals, told Sunday that he’s received tribal amendments that will be incorporated into his group’s proposals by the Dec. 1. deadline.
Thompson filed a pair of proposals Oct. 27 that would allow for legal, statewide digital wagering with the tribes in charge. The proposals would be on the November 2024 ballot.
“The tribes have been very diligent about sending some [amendments] over and we’re trying to incorporate all of those,” Thompson said Sunday night.
Thompson started Pala Interactive, the commercial gaming arm of the Pala Band of Mission Indians that was sold to Boyd Gaming last year. He said that he will not move forward with his proposals unless he has a minimum of 56 tribes on board. California has 109 tribes, and more than half of them run the state’s 60-plus casinos.