9.28.07
GAMING NEWS
California Bill Approved
CALIFORNIA -- As reported by the Contra Costa Times: "A bill by Sen. Dianne Feinstein that would keep a North Bay Indian tribe from expanding its San Pablo casino, while ensuring that the tribe that runs it can keep profiting from more than 1,000 electronic bingo machines there, cleared a key committee Thursday in a unanimous vote.
"For years, Feinstein fought in vain to reverse a controversial act of Congress that granted the Lytton Band of Pomo Indians the rights to run an Indian casino on nine acres near Interstate 80 that had housed the Casino San Pablo card club.
"That act, shepherded in 2000 by Rep. George Miller, D-Martinez, paved the way for the tribe's deal with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2004 for a mega-casino with up to 5,000 slot machines, more than any casino this side of Connecticut.
"...Feinstein's compromise bill, which would lock in the status quo, has drawn support from the tribe and some of the casino's staunchest critics, including Assemblywoman Loni Hancock, D-Berkeley. Opposition remains from East Bay Coalition Against Urban Casinos, a local group funded by a few Bay Area card clubs..."
California Bill Approved
CALIFORNIA -- As reported by the Contra Costa Times: "A bill by Sen. Dianne Feinstein that would keep a North Bay Indian tribe from expanding its San Pablo casino, while ensuring that the tribe that runs it can keep profiting from more than 1,000 electronic bingo machines there, cleared a key committee Thursday in a unanimous vote.
"For years, Feinstein fought in vain to reverse a controversial act of Congress that granted the Lytton Band of Pomo Indians the rights to run an Indian casino on nine acres near Interstate 80 that had housed the Casino San Pablo card club.
"That act, shepherded in 2000 by Rep. George Miller, D-Martinez, paved the way for the tribe's deal with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2004 for a mega-casino with up to 5,000 slot machines, more than any casino this side of Connecticut.
"...Feinstein's compromise bill, which would lock in the status quo, has drawn support from the tribe and some of the casino's staunchest critics, including Assemblywoman Loni Hancock, D-Berkeley. Opposition remains from East Bay Coalition Against Urban Casinos, a local group funded by a few Bay Area card clubs..."
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