A ballot fight over sports gambling in California has high stakes
Small casinos may well lose out
BLINK AT THE wrong moment while driving south on the I-605 into Long Beach and you might miss it. A sign advertising the Gardens Casino is one of the few markers for the town of Hawaiian Gardens, a square mile nestled at the bottom of Los Angeles County. Inside the casino, hundreds of tables offering poker, baccarat and other games are filled with Angelenos there to eat, drink and gamble. The casino accounts for 70% of Hawaiian Gardens’ tax revenue. The prospect of legal sports gambling could have been a boon for small California towns supported by such card rooms, licensed to play select games. Instead, it could pose an existential danger.
This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “Playing for high stakes”
United States January 29th 2022
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