California’s Tribal Casinos Trample Smaller Cardrooms with New Regulations

California’s tribal casinos trample smaller cardrooms with new regulations

Dan Walters Commentary: It’s ironic that California’s tribes, treated so shabbily for so many decades, are now bullying a much smaller rival, just because they can.

California's tribal casinos trample smaller cardrooms with new regulations

The tribes with casinos guard their gambling dominance with political clout gained from lavish contributions to political campaigns.

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While writing a book about California politics a quarter-century ago, I devoted one chapter largely to the phenomenal emergence of Native American tribes as a powerful interest group after being treated shamefully, even viciously, for nearly 500