Press Release
For Immediate Release

Contact: James May
(916) 754-7540
james@cniga.com

CNIGA Chairman James Siva Statement on Governor Newsom Signing Bill Reinstituting Card Room Moratorium

May 23, 2023

“We are pleased that CNIGA-backed AB 341 is now law, stopping a potentially reckless and devastating expansion of commercial gambling in California. This legislation was the result of hard-won compromise between stakeholders and speaks to the power of negotiation and cooperation.

CNIGA’s backing of this legislation is not a tacit endorsement of illegal games being offered at the state’s commercial card rooms. We have not wavered from our firmly held position that commercial card rooms offering house-banked card games are in clear violation of the California Constitution.

Just as tribes acted in good faith to negotiate this law, we call on the state to justify our good faith by cracking down on illegal activity at the state’s commercial card rooms.”

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About CNIGA:
The California Nations Indian Gaming Association is a non-profit association comprised of federally recognized tribal governments dedicated to the protection of tribal sovereignty and the inherent right of tribes to have gaming on Indian lands.

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