California News - Page 105

News Brief: The Plymouth City Council quietly revoked its municipal services agreement with an Indian tribe trying to build a casino near the city at its Thursday meeting.

A man from La Quinta is the latest winner of a Paradise Jackpot at Agua Caliente Casino, where slot players continue to reap hefty payouts thanks to the popular slot promotion.

Table Mountain Casino in association with Roy Englebrecht Events is pleased to announce the return of the "Melee on the Mountain" boxing series, with an IBA world junior welterweight title fight.

California Dreamin’ takes on a new meaning this week as California offers two of the top three jackpots in the nation.

Scientific Games was awarded the contract to provide pari-mutuel wagering equipment and services for the California Horse Racing Industry.

News Brief: New deals with four casino-operating Indian tribes ratified last month by California legislators give Temecula officials significantly better odds of getting the Pechanga tribe to ante up millions of dollars to offset the impacts of the casino on the city.

News Brief: The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians failed to win support last week at a legislative conference in its effort to change U.S. law governing Indian casinos.

News Brief: The Rincon Indian band is challenging a long-standing practice in which states ask for cash when negotiating with Indian tribes trying to open or expand casinos.

The River Rock Entertainment Authority, the operator of the River Rock Casino in Sonoma County, California, today announced that Joseph Callahan has been appointed Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately.

News Brief: The Pala Tribe and the United Auburn Tribe will contribute $1 million to the first stage of a ballot campaign to overturn expanding multi-billion dollar gambling agreements for four other tribes.

News Brief: California gaming expansion that will increase the local economy by hundreds of millions of dollars is at risk of being overturned in a proposed February ballot measure sponsored by a labor group and horse tracks.

The stars will shine bright in the Coachella Valley this October when Spotlight 29 Casino presents the inaugural All-Star Poker Challenge,

The River Rock Entertainment Authority has retained Libra Securities as advisor to assist the Authority in developing a financing strategy for the construction of a $300 million, 600,000 square-foot destination resort in Alexander Valley.

News Brief: Jerry Turk, developer and chief executive officer of the Pala Casino Spa and Resort, has decided not to renew his contract, the Pala Band of Mission Indians said Aug. 1.

News Brief: North County, California, supervisors formally approved a $38 million-plus deal with the Pala Band of Mission Indians on Wednesday.

California resident Anthony Sandstrom received approval this week from the Secretary of State's Office to circulate a petition that would create a state-run online poker room that would work in conjunction with the state's lottery system.

News Brief: California could be in the Internet poker business next year, if a petition drive catches on.

News Brief: Garden Grove city officials say they have no idea whether the grand plans of a local Indian tribe to build a casino will ever crystallize.

News Brief: A labor union hopes California voters will do what the Legislature wouldn't: block the expansion of five Indian casinos in Riverside and San Diego counties.

DynamicARK, Inc launches a second generation "Jackpot Board" for Normandie Casino in Gardena California.