A source close to OnlinePokerReport suggests that PokerStars opposition leaders may yield over California online poker impasse, and a Stockton Mayor is fighting charges relating to a game of Strip Poker with minors.

On June 7, 2016, a coalition of Californian tribal nations including the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, the Barona Band of Mission Indians, and the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians wrote to Assemblyman Adam Gray opposing his bill to legalise and regulate online poker in the state.

How ironic, that contained within the letter was the description of poker as the ‘quintessential American social game,’ and here we are five years after the FBI banned the pastime of playing the game online for real money, and millions of Californians still can’t play.

The issue is clear cut.