California has become a bit skeptical of what online casinos or internet poker can really offer in the way of a hassle free solution to budget deficits.  While online casinos, or more specifically online poker seems like a quick fix solution many doubt it to be true because gambling solutions rarely come without some sort of snag.

It does not matter what type of gambling it is, Indian gaming, lotteries, or even slot machines usually change things for a state.  If not the demographic or economics of a neighborhood then the new form of gambling simply does not deliver as much revenue as projected.

What is currently on the table in California is one of its most powerful gambling tribes is pushing to offer online poker by next year.  The Morongo Tribe has teamed up with a variety of card room operators in an effort to offer intrastate online poker.  This would empower the card room operators and the 100 or more tribes in California with the exclusive right to offer online poker to Californians.

While conservative are concerned that online casinos and Internet gambling will lead to a spike in gambling addiction the move makes almost perfect business sense.  Despite the fact that the United States Congress outlawed online casinos back in 2006, offshore operators are still pulling in no less than $4 billion from American gamblers each year.

California could make a significant profit from taxing Native American online poker operations.  It may not be enough to pull them out of their financial whole, but it should be a pretty penny.