California News - Page 167

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.

News Brief: Ten of the 94 California Indian tribes that have or want casinos said Friday they are willing to negotiate with new Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

News Brief: In a move that could break Indian tribes' monopoly on Nevada-style gambling in California, corporations that own major horse-racing tracks and card rooms are preparing an initiative aimed at next November's ballot to allow them to operate slot machines.

News Brief: The California Lottery's `SuperLotto Plus' jackpot has rolled up to $44 million.

Harrah's Entertainment, Inc.has plans for a $165 million expansion of the Harrah's Rincon hotel-casino owned by the Rincon San Luiseno Band of Mission Indians.

News Brief: Governor-elect Schwarzenegger’s plans to squeeze $1 billion from tribal casinos may be undermined by a computerized bingo game that looks and plays a lot like a slot machine but is exempt from state regulation.

News Brief: Arnold Schwarzenegger, who will take the oath as California's 38th Governor on Monday, is planning to bring in a tax on casinos in a bid to beat the state's budget crisis.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirmed the dismissal of all claims by the cities of Roseville and Rocklin, California and reaffirmed the decision to place lands in to trust for the United Auburn Indian Community for the purpose of gaming.

Tribal, state and national regulators charged with overseeing the conduct of tribal government gaming in California will converge in Sacramento Thursday and Friday for the California Tribal Gaming Regulatory Summit.

ews Brief: Despite spending millions of dollars to defeat Gov.-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger's recall candidacy, some of California's wealthiest Indian tribes are actively pursuing him and his plan to renegotiate their gaming compacts.

News Brief: As part of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria and Stations Casino’s push to build a gambling hall in Sonoma County, they have given the local community a $4.2-million option to buy nearly 1,700 acres along the environmentally sensitive San Francisco Bay.

News Brief: The Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indian and local economic experts expect that the new $95 million Spa Resort Casino will be a catalyst to revive Palm Spring’s downtown scene.

News Brief: The Palace Indian Gaming Center officials are asking Kings County to help them finance a $95 million expansion project.