Sometimes, you have to spend money to get money by shaping how people bet money.
Rivers of cash have flowed towards buoying or burying rival sports gambling ballot initiatives. But the advertisements now flooding the airwaves have only been one piece of the puzzle. Tribal players also continued pressing the Legislature to rally political support against their foes – which, naturally, meant doling out some more lobbying lucre. A recent filing demonstrates that.
The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians increased its lobbying expenditures tenfold from April through June compared to the previous quarter as the tribal group augmented its influencer corps.
