Any casino is already generating nearly $9 billion a year in California alone. Some kind of revenue split, Fogel said, could get a similar deal done in California.
Connecticut and New Jersey reached deals, Fogel said, because those states made agreements with the tribal casinos. He said the tribes could be receptive if approached correctly. You’ve got to proactively come to them with an idea of how to get their support because without their support, this is going nowhere.' That’s the trick here, what everybody needs to get their heads around. 'Remember, the tribes don’t need this,' Fogel said. Baird Fogel, a California attorney who works with the sports betting industry, said the key is getting the full support of the tribes.
