HAWAIIAN GARDENS, Calif. — In September 2024, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Bill SB 549, which allowed several tribal nations in California to question the legality of some community casinos offering specific table games.
According to representatives for the seven tribes, the law is that only tribal casinos in the state can offer banked card games, like blackjack and baccarat. The tribal nations have sued to stop some local casinos from using a loophole in the law that allows card rooms to offer certain games.
Some non-tribal casinos across the state use third-party providers of proposition players for table games. The TPPPs are independent contractors who have no affiliation with the casinos. Since it is illegal for the card rooms to have one person, such as a dealer, to take in all the wins or losses for a singular establishment. Third-party providers of proposition player services are state licensed businesses that provide some casinos with services that include playing as a participant in any controlled game that has a rotating player-dealer position…