California News - Page 157

News Brief: A federal court judge in San Diego refused an attempt by the Rincon Band of Luiseno Indians to prevent a gambling compact recently signed by five tribes from taking effect.

News Brief: According to an Indian Gaming Industry Report, California's gambling tribes generated $4.2 billion in revenue last year, 17.6 percent more than in 2002.

News Brief: A group of Indian casino owners is throwing its weight behind a gambling initiative on the November ballot that threatens Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's ongoing negotiations with tribes to share their revenue with the state.

ews Brief: A Sacramento man had been feeding dollars into a $1 slot machine at Thunder Valley Casino for about 20 minutes he hit the state's biggest casino jackpot ever - $12 million.

A Senate panel has approved legislation which would increase the number of electronic gambling machines allowed in California tribal casinos.

News Brief: The Santa Ysabel band of Diegueño Indians secured funding from an Arizona tribe to build a $30 million, 70,000-square-foot casino on its reservation in the Volcan Mountains.

News Brief: Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown said today that he's had some meetings with representatives of California Indian tribes about the possibility of allowing a casino in Oakland.

News Brief: In hopes of avoiding a legal and environmental showdown over the siting of gambling casinos in Napa County and its environs, the county has teamed up with Solano, Sonoma and Yolo counties to monitor any potential developments.

ews Brief: Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has put his opposition in writing to a November ballot measure that would end Indian casino tribes' state monopoly on slot machines.

News Brief: A U.S. District Court Judge has denied a motion to stop the expansion of slot machine gambling on California Indian reservations in a victory for Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

News Brief: Andrew N.S. Glazer, an author of books on gambling and a columnist for the Free Press, died Sunday in Los Angeles from complications from a blood clot.

Cash Systems, Inc. has signed a contract to provide credit card cash advance and ATM services to The Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles, California.

News Brief: Prominent media consultant Don Sipple has left the campaign for a November ballot measure that could deliver slot machines to the state's big card clubs and racetracks.

News Brief: A ruling may come as early as today in a San Diego County tribe's request to block Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's deal with gambling compacts while it mounts a legal challenge.

News Brief: Although a contract for the proposed Indian casino in Barstow has been approved, a few more hurdles and some questions remain.

News Brief: California counties have begun receiving money for the first time from a fund designed to help them address traffic, public safety and other concerns related to tribal casinos.

News Brief: After more than a century of living in poverty, the Santa Ysabel band of Diegueño Indians is completing plans to build a mountaintop casino.

News Brief: A Bureau of Indian Affairs official was cleared of allegations that she used her authority to influence matters in her own tribe as it was seeking approval to build a $100 million casino in California.

The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians announced today the tribe unanimously voted to reject the recent Tribal-State compact deal.

A new economic study conducted by Business Research and Economic Advisors provides an in-depth market analysis of the unintended negative consequences of the new California Indian gaming compacts.