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More than 100 protestors, including local mayors and cardroom employees, gathered in Sacramento on Tuesday to protest Senate Bill SB 549, known as the Tribal Nations Access to Justice Act. The bill would allow California tribes to sue cardrooms over the claim that the privately owned cardrooms are violating the tribes’ rights. Indian Country have
As the federal investigation into the Wayne Nix illegal gambling ring expands, Major League Baseball is opening its first investigation. The league so far has declined to do its own investigation into Shohei Ohtani or his ex-interpreter Ippei Mizuhara. But ESPN Friday (17 May) linked former Angels infielder David Fletcher and ex-minor leaguer Cody Shultz
News trucks lined Temple Street in downtown Los Angeles Tuesday (14 May) and Ippei Mizuhara was surrounded by Japanese and English-language reporters as he walked into his arraignment in federal court. Mizuhara pled not guilty to fraud charges as a “procedural matter,” with the intent to change his plea as early as next week. Mizuhara
On Wednesday (8 May) the US District Court for the Central District of California granted a request to posptone Ippei Mizuhara’s arraignment to 14 May, according to court documents. The arraignment was originally scheduled for Thursday (9 May). US Attorney E Martin Estrada submitted the request. Mizuhara’s attorney, Michael Freedman, agreed to the postponement, and
Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani Monday (25 March) vehemently denied that he ever bet on sports, sent money to an illegal bookmaker or “willfully” paid off gambling debts for anyone during a press conference at the Dodgers facility regarding the sports betting scandal swirling around his former interpreter. The comments were in response to
The Los Angeles Times claims lawyers for baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani are accusing the ballplayer’s interpreter of stealing money and placing “bets with an allegedly illegal bookmaker who is the target of a federal investigation.” The Los Angeles Times broke the story today (20 March) claiming baseball superstar Ohtani’s lawyers are accusing the ballplayer’s interpreter
The California Nations Indian Gaming Association (CNIGA) has said the failure of another effort to legalise sports betting in California should “be a warning” against future attempts. The two ballots aiming to legalise sports betting would have given tribes the exclusive rights to offer sports betting in California. However, they were scrapped on Monday after
The Sports Betting Alliance (SBA), a group of leading US gambling operators, has declared its opposition to two sports betting ballots in California, saying it will not financially support either initiative. Both ballots would give tribes exclusive rights to offer retail and online sports betting in California. They were filed with the state’s attorney-general in October 2023.
