A group of California cardrooms Monday filed two lawsuits challenging new state regulations that would limit their ability to offer their most popular table games, which are also the target of a special lawsuit filed by the state’s gaming tribes.
The two lawsuits, both filed in San Francisco Superior Court by the California Gaming Association (CGA) and several California cardrooms and third-party proposition players (TPPPs), seek to separately block two regulations from taking effect: one to limit the type blackjack-style games cardrooms may offer and one to amend the operations of the TPPPs, which are special, licensed businesses that help cardrooms offer alternate versions of games that traditionally pit gamblers against the house, otherwise known as banked games.