Attorney General No.
SA2000RF0025
Secretary of State No.
906
Description
LEGALIZED GAMBLING. INITIATWE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. Amends Constitution to legalize Las Vegas and Atlantic City style gambling. Directs Legislature to pass all laws reasonably necessary to provide option to cities and counties, and if approved by local election, to allow such gaming. Permits gambling presently prohibited by the Constitution, including sports wagering, dice games, slot machines, and banking and percentage games played with cards, dice or any device for money, credit or other representations of value. Creates a three-member state commission to supervise gaming and all persons or things having to do with the operation of gaming within the state. Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of Finance of fiscal impact on state and local governments: This initiative would result in increased state and local tax revenues - potentially in the hundreds of millions of dollars annually.
Proponents
Robert W. Wilson, 11684 Ventura Blvd. 322, Studio City, CA 91604, (323) 878-0535
Date
11-6-2000
Document Type
Initiative
Qualified
Failed to Qualify
Recommended Citation
LEGALIZED GAMBLING. INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. California Initiative 906 (2000).
https://repository.uclawsf.edu/ca_ballot_inits/1063