California

August 17, 2015

Tribal Gaming, Casino proposals, Casino News, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Casino project updates, California, Licenses

The current administration has restored federal recognition to the Tejon Tribe of California enabling it to move forward with plans for a casino. An application for a land trust for 360 acres in Kern County acc...

Thunder Valley Casino signs new agreement for additional slot games

Sam Mitchell

August 17, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino expansion projects, California

Lincoln, California is going to get more slot machines via Thunder Valley Casino Resort. The tribe that owns the casino signed a new agreement with the state of California. The new compact may redirect $9 mill...

New “social mining and gaming” outlets attempt to circumvent CA gambling laws

D. Graham

August 16, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, California, Unlicensed Operation, Licenses, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, Ohio

Computerized gaming parlors, previously operated as “sweepstakes cafes” are evolving their creative business models designed to evade identity as illegal slot machine operations. Last year the California legisl...

Colusa Indian Community suing for damages and expenses due to alleged shoddy casino work

Sadonna Price

August 12, 2015

Casino News, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Tribal Gaming, California, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation

The Colusa Indian Community, also known as the Cahil Dehe Band of Wintun Indians, is currently seeking millions of dollars due to what the tribe is calling shoddy work at their casino. The tribe is seeking a mi...

Lake Havasu casino to become tribe’s second, first since 1974

August 8, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Tribal Gaming, Casino proposals, New Hotels, California

Charles Wood, recently elected chairman of the Chemehuevi Tribal Council, has made construction of a new casino and resort a priority. When elected in May, Wood said that he wanted to see construction begin on ...

Chukchansi Gold casino sets sights on reopening

August 4, 2015

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A federal order closed the central California, Chukchansi Gold Resort & Casino last October, but with a $35 million deal with creditors close to fruition, the casino could be reopened as soon as Labor Day, ...

Northern California’s Graton Rancheria Casino to break ground for hotel in fall

D. Graham

August 2, 2015

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Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria chairman Greg Sarris has announced that ground-breaking will take place this fall for a hotel at the tribes’ casino resort in Rohnert Park, just two years after the opening...

Seven Mile Casino opens in Chula Vista

July 24, 2015

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The historic Village Club Card Room in San Diego, CA, owned by the Souza family has relocated and held its official opening yesterday, but owner Harvey Souza and family have been ironing out the kinks since May...

BIA, DEA raid major tribal pot operations in Modoc County

July 11, 2015

Tribal Gaming, Casino News, Canada, California, Crime

Last week special agents with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Drug Enforcement Administration, assisted by other federal and state agencies and the Modoc County Sheriff’s Office, raided a large marijuana g...

9th Circuit refuses to re-hear Big Lagoon case

July 10, 2015

Tribal Gaming, Casino project updates, California, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation

Big Lagoon Rancheria of California was able to convince an en banc panel of all 11 justices of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals that California erred in challenging the status of their land, placed in trust by ...

Soboba Casino is getting a huge upgrade

Sam Mitchell

July 6, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino expansion projects, California

Soboba Casino started operating in 1995; now 20 years later the Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians is looking to upgrade their current facility just a few miles from the old location. They recently purchased land t...

Chukchansi, Tex McDonald sentenced and released

July 4, 2015

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After spending nine months behind bars, former tribal chairman Tex McDonald has pleaded guilty to a charge of false imprisonment and was released Friday with credit for time served. McDonald was head of a ri...

Hollywood Casino Jamul tops off; Last steel beam in place

July 3, 2015

Tribal Gaming, Casino project updates, California