The California horse racing industry has come out in official support of online poker bill AB 2863 in advance of next week's hearing in the Assembly Governmental Organization Committee.
PokerNews.com has obtained a copy of the letter that nine industry leaders sent to Assemblyman Adam Gray, chair of the committee and co-lead sponsor of the bill.
In the letter, the industry expressed support for the bill with a few reasonable caveats:
- The $60 million annual payment to horse racing is not changed. Assemblyman Gray told PokerNews last month that the figure was not up for negotiation.