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Aug. 11, 2025

Judge reconsiders dismissal of tribes' lawsuit against cardrooms

A Sacramento judge is reconsidering her tentative ruling dismissing California tribes' lawsuit against cardrooms, which challenges banked games under SB 549, amid arguments over IGRA preemption and tribal standing in state court.

SACRAMENTO--A Superior Court judge indicated she may be willing to reconsider her tentative ruling throwing out a case California gaming tribes brought against cardrooms.

Judge Lauri A. Damrell found on Thursday that a state law passed specifically to give the tribes standing in state court ran afoul of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA). The tribes claim that cardrooms have been offering banked games--in which the house takes bets and pays out bets--in violation of the excl...

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