22/06/2004 19:40
Governor signs tribe casino pacts
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While some California tribes with casinos are renegotiating their compacts with the State of California, the Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk hopes to avoid renegotiating its own 20-year compact.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed new Indian gambling compacts with representatives of five California tribes in a deal that's estimated to bring in at least $1 billion for the current state budget and annual payments afterward of between $150 million and $200 million a year.
The new compacts allow the five tribes, which are near large urban areas, to add thousands of slot machines to their casinos.
Full story:Union Democrat
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