Study outlines potential online gaming economic boost for California

iGaming Business – Online poker would generate $800 million (€587 million) and create more than 2,000 jobs for the Californian economy by the end of the decade, according to a new report released by Capitol Matrix Consulting. The study found legalising Internet poker in California would result in $1.91 billion in economic output, $845 million in additional state revenue, and 2,657 jobs over the first five years. As reported by iGaming Business, two new bills seeking to regulate online poker in the US state have recently been introduced in an effort to make California only the third state in the…