California online poker has quite the full house when it comes to legalization According to the state’s Legislative Analyst’s Office, there are 89 cardrooms in 32 counties in California, and of the 110 federally recognized tribes in the state, 58 of them run 60 casinos — many of which have poker rooms.

Even so, there is still a big pot of money left on the table when you consider California online poker, a game that’s currently not legal in California. Only New Jersey, Nevada and Delaware have legalized Internet poker for now.

Efforts to legalize web poker have been ongoing in the state legislature for more than seven years. To the outsider looking in, it’s not an easy issue to follow, as there are many players with a stake in this game, including fourteen California tribes.

While these tribes would all like a piece of the estimated $300 million in potential annual revenue from California online poker, they are at odds as to who else should be dealt in on the online action — namely horse racing tracks, and an online gambling site that operated illegally in the past — which has stalled attempts to move legislation forward.

UPDATE: Eight years later and the conversation on web based gambling, and in particular California online poker and sports betting, are still being debated. The fight actually came to a head last year when the state considered two propositions that would have regulated betting on sports. Both failed.