Aug. 8, 2025
Judge likely to strike down California law enabling tribal cardroom lawsuits
Sacramento County Judge Lauri A. Damrell tentatively ruled that a new California law giving tribes the right to sue cardrooms over "house-banked" games is preempted by federal law, dismissing a decades-long dispute under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.
In a tentative ruling Thursday, Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Lauri A. Damrell dismissed a challenge brought by California gaming tribes claiming that cardrooms had violated their exclusive right to offer certain types of gambling. Damrell ruled that the state law passed last year to enable the tribes' suit violates the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.
The sides will have a chance to argue the ruling at a Friday morning hearing in Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indi...
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