NAACP Sues California Cardrooms for ‘Deceptive’ Sports Betting Ballot Statement

The NAACP has filed suit inward Golden State against a cardroom-backed ballot initiative on sports betting. The civic rights chemical group claims the exercise of its gens on the military campaign is “deceptive and inappropriate.”

This is the battle for the Black Maria and minds of Calif. voters, who are beingness asked to determine the forge of a future sports betting landscape painting at November’s general election.

“Proposition 26” would authorise land-based, in the flesh(p) sports betting only, and only when at the state’s multitudinous tribal casinos and four thoroughbred racetracks. Needless to say, it’s spearheaded past California’s politically powerful tribal gaming operators.

Competing assess “Proposition 27” would authorise statewide online sports betting and reserve out-of-state commercial message entities, such as DraftKings or FanDuel, to go for for licenses. It has the championship of – shot who? DraftKings and FanDuel – but also of California’s identity card rooms, with whom the tribal cassino industry has for years squabbled over gaming rights.

The NAACP is standing with the tribes and has thrown and twisted its considerable free weight in arrears Prop 26.

The incommode is that some of the people in arrears Prop 27 make been expression the NAACP supports them.

False Statement?

A suit filed inwards the capital of California Superior Court claims that a consultant from the safari radical “No on 26” hoodwinked the leader of the NCAAP’s Los Angeles branch, Minnie Hadley-Hempstead, into demonstrating back up for Prop 27.

“No on 26” is funded past cardrooms the Commerce Club, Hawaiian Gardens Casino, and others.

Hadley Hempstead’s statement has since appeared on pro-Prop 27 informational documents that could be sent to tens of millions of voters before the ballot.

The case seeks to ensure it isn’t.

“We controvert Prop 26 to protect young people from underdeveloped lifelong gaming addictions that often atomic number 82 to ruined finances, relationships, yet homelessness and crime,” reads the offending statement, from Hadley-Hempstead, who’s listed as a “retired instructor and President Emeritus of the Los Angeles NAACP Branch.”

‘Made-Up Title’

The causa asserts that the financial statement is false and misleading because it gives the notion that the NAACP opposes Prop 26, whereas it has in public endorsed the measure.

Furthermore, it notes that the Los Angeles NAACP Branch does non make the place of “President Emeritus” and that it is a “made-up title.”

We are outraged that the cardroom casinos and their “No on 26” take the field would deceptively usage the NAACP nominate inward its arguments despite our warm support,” said Rick Callender, prexy of the California-Hawaii State Conference of the NAACP. “We are suing to feature these dishonorable statements removed from the ballot arguments, so it does non misguide voters.”

“NAACP is proud to remain firm with CA American Indian Tribes inwards strong back up of Prop 26 to help preserve and farther American Indian self-reliance,” he added.