When American Indian tribal leaders gathered last February at Harrah’s Rincon Resort, nestled in the quiet, picturesque, rolling hills outside San Diego, much of the talk centered on the need to reach consensus on internet poker.Īgreement among a handful of politically influential tribal governments is believed crucial to efforts to legalize online wagering in California, which with a population of 38 million people is expected to be the country’s most lucrative statewide online poker market.
