California judge strikes down disputed cardroom regulations after major gambling authority challenge unfolds

A California Superior Court judge has struck down state regulations aimed at the cardroom industry, ruling that the Bureau of Gambling Control exceeded its authority by adopting rules that would have restricted table games licensed cardrooms have offered for decades. San Francisco Superior Court Judge Richard Darwin found the Bureau, a division of the California Department of Justice, lacked authority to impose the statewide restrictions through the challenged regulations, according to the Calif