Robins blamed the prop’s expected failure on Native American tribes, which spent over $100 million on what he said were “false and misleading ads” around Prop 27 in the third quarter of 2022 alone.ĭuring the same timeframe, the 'Yes on 27' campaign spent $67 million on ads, and early this week, Wall Street Journal reported the campaign was cutting $11 million in ad spending.
plan to do differently next go around remains to be seen. That’s the next time commercial gaming companies could bring anything to the ballot, as California only holds municipal elections every two years. Spinning a narrative of potential defeat this fall into hope for the future, Robins chimed in, “More than likely this will pass in 2024.”
Speaking alongside DraftKings CEO Jason Robins at a Global Gaming Expo panel in Las Vegas, the two addressed a recent poll that shows the ballot prop tracking with only 27% of voters - well shy of the 50% it needs to pass. “We will live to fight another day,” FanDuel CEO Amy Howe said Tuesday of California’s Prop 27, a measure on the November 8 ballot to legalize statewide online sports betting. Top brass from the United States' two largest sports betting companies acknowledged the difficulty in coming out on the winning side on California’s upcoming vote on sports betting during a gaming industry gaming conference this week.
