Proponents have poured millions into political action committees and campaign donations. In Texas, any push for casino gambling is a matter of playing a potentially years-long game. I can’t even imagine what that number would balloon to if you were able to do this from the comfort of your own home on a mobile device.” Any casino is already generating nearly $9 billion a year in California alone. Some kind of revenue split, Fogel said, could get a similar deal done in California. Connecticut and New Jersey reached deals, Fogel said, because those states made agreements with the tribal casinos.
He said the tribes could be receptive if approached correctly.