Propositions 26 and 27, which would have legalized sports gaming, lose big

Los Angeles Times ^ | Nov 8 2022 | BY PHIL WILLON

[NeverCheney]

Tuesday’s election, despite a half-billion dollars in spending to convince Californians to legalizing sports gaming. Campaigns for the two competing measures flooded the airwaves with a constant barrage of attack ads, which some California political poll directors criticized for driving up opposition and confusing voters.

The Associated Press called the contests, though official results will take longer.

Proposition 26 would have allowed in-person sports betting at tribal casinos and horse racing tracks. Leaders of four of California’s most successful Native American tribes with gaming interests are the original proponents of Proposition 26, which would impose a 10% tax on sports betting to fund gambling addiction treatment and enforcement programs.

Proposition 27 would have allowed online sports wagering, including on cellphones and tablets, and was funded by gambling corporations, including sports gaming companies DraftKings and FanDuel.

[nickcarraway]

Wasn’t there a third gambling proposition? I voted against every proposition.

[Ronaldus Magnus III]

Once upon a time people in California could use the Proposition method to force the government to do what they were unwilling and/or unable to do. Proposition 13 was the pinnacle of the people standing up against overbearing taxes and bureaucracy. Since then, big government and big union has bastardized the process to get, or block, what they want, and created Kalifornia. Still, sometimes, the people can come together and block more insanity. This was one of those times. With the rampant crime and anarchy, the people said NO to even more.