California News - Page 165

News Brief: A federal appeals court upheld California's tribal gambling law, ruling that it violates no federal law even though it gives tribes special privileges to operate casinos.

News Brief: California tribes are accused of underreporting their casino revenues by over $2 billion.

Multimedia Games, Inc. has installed the first 267 Point-of-Sale Terminals for a new Tribal Instant Lottery Game at the Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, California.

The profitability of Wynn Las Vegas and the continuing transformation of the California tribal casino market are the biggest issues facing the Las Vegas economy, according to the state's top gaming economist.

News Brief: Although she never has to again, Alvenia P. Stephens left Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio with plans to go to work this morning. But the same woman who arrived on a bus left in a limousine.

I. Nelson Rose: Voters want Arnold Schwarzenegger to redo every deal Gov. Gray Davis made, including tribal casino compacts.

News Brief: In a blow to backers of a proposed gambling initiative, California's police chiefs and sheriffs have voted to oppose the measure, which had been rolled out with high-profile law enforcement support.

News Brief: The Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians made being electrically self-sufficient a priority when building their Spa Resort Casino.

News Brief: A chronic gambler who acknowledged embezzling nearly $1 million from the California State Employees Association will spend 30 months in a federal prison.

News Brief: Authorities in have arrested a dealer and two players at Thunder Valley Casino near Lincoln, California, on suspicion of running crooked card games.

News Brief: It was a more subdued hearing that the Tulare County Board of Supervisors watched unfold Tuesday as opponents of a proposal to relocate the Tule River Indian Casino embraced their second chance to be heard.

News Brief: The Riverside County Board of Supervisors have approved formation of the Indian Gaming Local Community Benefit Committee.

News Brief: Two Hesperia measures targeting Indian casinos will head to the ballots next year. Either could alter the future of local gambling.

News Brief: After years of planning, controversy and compromise, the Rumsey Band of Wintun Indians in Yolo County is on track for an April opening of its expanded casino and hotel, which will be renamed from Cache Creek Indian Bingo & Casino.

The course California elects to take on expanding gambling to clip the state's budget deficit has industry experts concerned about the possible impact on Nevada.

News Brief: Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca, backed by gambling interests and possibly major public employee unions, will be a main proponent of an initiative aimed at breaking Indian tribes' monopoly on Nevada-style gambling in California.

News Brief: Pechanga Resort & Casino, answering a space squeeze, announces 100,000-square-foot expansion plan.

News Brief: River Rock Casino reports revenues of more than $6 million a month, clearing nearly $1.2 million a month after expenses. By late next year, its gross gaming revenue could exceed $350 million annually.

ews Brief: A recent analysis of 2000 Census data by the Associated Press found that Palm Springs and the neighboring towns of Cathedral City and Palm Desert have some of the greatest income disparities in California.

ews Brief: Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger doesn't support a proposed ballot initiative that could allow operators of horse tracks and card rooms to add Las Vegas-style gambling if tribal casinos don't pay more of their winnings to the state, the governor's spokesman said.