California Sports Betting: Major League Baseball Voices Support for Online Measure

Major League Baseball supports Proposition 27, which would legalize online sports betting in California. The league also supports the integrity provisions in the bill. California voters will go to the polls on November 8 to decide between the two measures. The other measure is backed by a coalition of 50 Native American tribes and their allies. It would only permit in-person sports wagering at tribal casinos and four horse-racing tracks. MLB is the first of the big professional sports leagues in U.S. to throw its weight behind Prop 27.

MLB supports Prop 27, which would bring online sports betting to California. It follows a week of negative news for the bill's proponents. Leading state legislators and two teachers' unions have opposed the measure. The politicians are backing the state's leading native tribes. The California Federation of Teachers and the Association of California School Administrators are also against the proposal. They claim it's bad for young people and bad news. A spokesman for MLB supports the legislation. He also supports it.

MLB supports Prop 27, which would legalize online sports betting in California. DraftKings and FanDuel have already invested $150 million into their campaign. Native American tribes and cardroom operators have contributed $199 million in spending on ads either backing Prop 26 or attacking Prop27. 50 or more tribes currently oppose the sportsbooks' looming takeover of gaming in the state. Prop. 27 obliges out-of-state operators to partner with state Native Americans to be licensed in state and earmarks 85% of the revenues generated from the projected 10% state tax on online betting revenues towards supporting the homeless and mental health care.