Wright and Steinberg are now considering changes that the poker association has demanded as a condition for supporting the bill, including stronger barriers to out-of-state gambling interests. The group's Indian casinos, as well as the 33-tribe California Nations Indian Gaming Assn., are insisting that the bill be limited to poker.
A separate small group of tribes is lobbying to kill the legislation, saying it would violate their exclusive right to operate certain electronic games and take customers away from their brick-and-mortar casinos. Wright is not proposing that Internet slot machines be legalized.
