“We are doing our best to make that happen.”Īdded business partner Thompson, “this is not something put together lightly.” “The legalization of sports wagering has been a contentious battle in the past, but if the proposition is structured properly and has significant tribal support, 2024 will be the year it passes,” said Collins, one of the proponents of the new sports betting initiative. Whether Reeve Collins and Kasey Thompson’s 2024 California sports betting initiative campaign gets off the ground could be decided as soon as this week, when they pitch their plan Wednesday to California’s tribal gaming leaders - the same group of people who feel blindsided and disrespected because they weren’t consulted before the partners filed their proposals with state authorities last month. But first they’ll have to sell skeptical tribal leaders and the Golden State’s wary voters - who rejected two sports betting ballot measures in California last year - on a plan to legalize sports books in what would become the largest U.S. Now they’re betting they can do it again. They’ve teamed up before for an online gaming venture in Southern California that made millions. Another is a blockchain and cryptocurrency entrepreneur. One is a jet-setting high-stakes poker player with a taste for fancy resorts, drinks and cars. A correction to an earlier version of this article has been appended to the end of the article.
