Several days after temporarily halting California’s new, controversial cardroom regulations, Judge Richard Darwin snuffed them out, arguing that they exceed the Bureau of Gambling Control’s legal authority.
This recent development in California saw Judge Richard Darwin permanently striking down the state’s controversial cardroom regulations. The judge's decision was based on the argument that these regulations went beyond the legal authority of the Bureau of Gambling Control. This ruling comes as a relief to cardrooms in the state that had expressed concerns over the new rules.