California

Tilman Fertitta Acquires Lake Tahoe Casino Resort to Expand in Northern Nevada

Tilman Fertitta, the owner of the Golden Nugget brand, announced the acquisition of the Hard Rock hotel-casino resort at Lake Tahoe to expand the brand further in Northern Nevada. The Houston billionaire did no...

Graton Rancheria Announces New Compact To Double Graton Resort’s Slot Machines

Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, owners of the Graton Resort and Casino, has signed the latest compact with Gov. Gavin Newsom's office that will authorize it to double the total number of slot machines. T...

Sonoma County Board Of Supervisors Endorse Casino Agreement With Dry Creek Rancheria

On March 1, the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors supported an agreement that gave the go-ahead to construct a tribal casino-resort located on the place of the current River Rock Casino close to Greyserville. ...

Rincon tribe to oversee its gaming operations as state opted out from agreement

The owner of Harrah’s Resort Southern California, the Rincon Band of Luiseno Indians, has decided not to have the state of California oversee its gaming operations following the 2011 Supreme Court ruling. The t...

Indian casino and Hard Rock resort in Mettler win federal approval

The Tejon Indian Tribe has received final approval to proceed with its Mettler casino project. The casino project is expected to be the backbone of the associated $600 million hotel project of the tribe's p...

Sports bet ballot proposition rejected in California

The ballot proposition to legalize sports betting in California was rejected by Californian voters on Tuesday. The measure, supported by the most expensive campaign in U.S. history, had insufficient support as ...

Blue Lake Casino and Hotel workers to unionize under the aegis of Unite Here

In northern California and the Blue Lake Rancheria has reportedly inked a deal that is to see workers at its Blue Lake Casino and Hotel venue unionize under the protection of the Local 49 chapter of the Unite H...

California sportsbetting referendums racking up record-breaking amounts of cash

In the American state of California and parties advocating for and against a pair of local ballot initiatives that are looking to formally legalize retail and online sportsbetting have reportedly heretofore spe...