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Young professional poker player Joe Pelton wins $1.5 million in the 2006 WPT Legends of Poker Main Event.

News Brief: With the potential of an Indian casino impacting the city, two assembly bills affecting California American Indian tribes were also discussed by the Plymouth City Council.

e National Indian Gaming Commission comments on the recent indictments of seven former officials of the Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians.

News Brief: With the legislative session ending today, the Los Coyotes tribe faces its last chance this year to win approval for a proposed casino in Barstow, California.

DynamicARK, Inc launches a first generation "Leader Board" for Normandie Casino in Gardena California, which reinforces DynamicARK"s software development authority in casino application development.

The least experienced player at the final table of the 2006 World Poker Tour (WPT) Main Event has two World Series of Poker (WSOP) cashes, meaning fans of the WPT will have plenty to cheer about Wednesday.

The Morongo Band of Mission Indians today concluded an agreement projected to deliver more than $3 billion in additional revenues to the State of California over the life of our compact.

The California Nations Indian Gaming Association takes no position on the terms of any compact and is not engaged in the negotiations.

News Brief: After more than a year of feeling like the ball in a political pingpong game, the Quechan Tribe appears on the brink of securing a new gambling agreement.

ews Brief: The troubled Hesperia casino project is history, according to one of the Victor Valley’s most-influential real estate analysts.

News Brief: More than two years after investigators raided Coyote Valley tribal and casino offices near Ukiah, a federal grand jury has indicted seven of its former leaders on 39 counts, including conspiracy to embezzle.

News Brief: In a stunning defeat for one of the state's most powerful Indian tribes, the Assembly last night soundly rejected a lucrative new gambling agreement for the Agua Caliente band of Palm Springs.

News Brief: Charities beware: that casino night you're planning just might be illegal.

ews Brief: The Jamul Indian band is releasing a long-awaited environmental report today on its proposed high-rise casino and hotel, offering hundreds of pages of charts, images and details on one of the state's most controversial Indian gaming projects.

News Brief: Ending a 14-month wait with unusual speed, the California Assembly voted to ratify a new compact Thursday that would permit the Quechan tribe to build a new mid-sized casino in Imperial County.

News Brief: Members of the Los Coyotes Band of Indians continued their weeklong fast on the state Capitol lawn Tuesday, trying to draw attention to their stalled efforts to run a casino in Barstow, California.

The Bicycle Casino's Legends of Poker is once again hosting thousands of tournament players for their month long poker extravaganza.

News Brief: Casino Morongo's Tag Team Poker League begins Sept. 6, and continues every Wednesday night through Dec. 13.

News Brief: A deal allowing an Inland tribe to operate 5,000 slot machines narrowly survived a challenge by some Democrats and labor unions Monday, clearing the California Senate by just one more vote than needed.

Recently crowned World Series of Poker champion Jamie Gold is being sued for half of his mammoth, $12 million winnings.