California will not be offering sports betting from any of its casinos for the upcoming NFL season.  Do not dispair as a few dozen internationally licensed and highly reputable sportsbooks will accept wagers on the upcoming NFL and College Football season.  Offshore books do not impose state taxes on winnings.

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It's complicated as the state has for many years tried legalizing online poker but has had to deal with varying agendas and competing Tribes that have their own interests that do not always coincide with others.

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More importantly for 2018 at least, the state legislature is out for the remainder of the year.  California would have to pass a law specifically permitting sports betting.  Even if they were to somehow miraculously do so by January of 2019, there would not be enough time to offer sports betting from any casino in time for Super Bowl 53. 

Online sports wagering will only be available to California residents via international sites, many of which have been in business for three decades now, for the foreseeable future.

Don Shapiro, Gambling911.com