Two ballot initiatives that aim to give tribes exclusive rights to offer retail and online sports betting in California have been filed with the state’s attorney general. California sports betting ballot initiatives submitted to attorney general In September, the California State Senate passed a bill ratifying a gaming compact between the state and the Tejon Indian Tribe. In 2022, the Department of Interior’s Bureau of Indian Affairs agreed to place 320 acres of land near the junction of Highway 99 and 166 into Federal Trust to allow the state to enter into a Class III gaming compact with the Tejon Tribe and its partner Hard Rock International to move forward. The $600m venue is to include a 166,500-square-foot gaming floor, a 400-room, 11-storey hotel, convention space, an event centre and a restaurant. The casino posted on Facebook and said the groundbreaking could happen “sometime in December.” It also posted renders on Instagram.

US.- Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tejon in Kern County, California, has announced that it expects to break ground in by the end of the year. The California venue has posted an update on Facebook.