California Voice: This is the moment to make sports betting more fair

California is late to adopt sports betting. The state is in a unique position to make the industry fairer, safer and more reliable for bettors. There has been an explosion in the number of states legalizing sports gambling in recent years. This has sparked competition and innovation in an industry that had been stagnant for decades. It has also had downsides, such as the fact that some sportsbooks will void the entire parlay if one of the legs is void. DraftKings goes so far as to only void a parlaying if none of remaining legs loses.

Quemars Ahmed is a former editor-in-chief of the UCLA Law Review and a practicing attorney. He believes that tribal casinos should offer better deals for bettors. Regulators have more leverage now to apply pressure on gaming entities to exact pledges for fair practices.