Secretary of State No.
171
Description
GAMING AND EXTENDED PARI-MUTUEL HORSE RACE WAGERING. INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. Establishes a People's Experimental Gaming Act Commission which shall issue up to one thousand (1,000) licenses, or more with two-thirds State Senate approval, to conduct extended pari-mutuel horse race wagering throughout the State. Precludes pari-mutuel wagering or extended pari-mutuel wagering on any racing not having to do with horse racing. On request of the Cities of Adelanto and Lakeport the Commission shall issue permits for the conduct within such cities of those games defined in Penal Code section 330 and elsewhere in the petition. Fiscal estimate: Would result in indeterminable but significant state revenues. Would result in unknown costs and revenues to Cities of Adelanto and Lakeport.
Proponents
Robert W. Wilson John Mgrdichian, 4630 Kester Street, Suite 23, Sherman Oaks, California 91403 (213) 789-5538
Date
3-15-1978
Document Type
Initiative
Qualified
Failed to Qualify
Recommended Citation
Gaming And Extended Pari Mutuel Horse Race Wagering California Initiative 171 (1978).
https://repository.uclawsf.edu/ca_ballot_inits/338