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News Brief: Pechanga Casino and some of its peers in Southern California could reap mixed but potentially large benefits by following a Coachella Valley Indian tribe's push for expanded casinos on its land, industry consultants said Thursday.

News Brief: Team 206, a consortia of California tribes, reviewed the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians"s new casino compact and were told they may use the amended compact as a template.

Travelers flying from one busy Southern California airport can now get a head start on their Las Vegas vacation moments before they leave the Golden State.

Ultimate Blackjack Tour has filed suit against The Game Show Network alleging breach of implied contract, breach of confidence, unfair competition and unjust enrichment in conjunction with the GSN show, 'World Series of Blackjack.'

News Brief: Five years after opening one of the region's most remote gambling venues, the Campo Indian band is planning a 150-room hotel in hopes of moving its Golden Acorn Casino beyond a day-trip market.

ews Brief: Though the Los Coyotes seemed to be on their way to getting a casino built with the help of city officials in Barstow, California, the band lost a recent battle against wealthier tribes who run casinos.

A selection of news and views from inside the industry this week.

News Brief: As part of the final 2006-07 Yolo County budget, the Board of Supervisors approved spending more than $1 million to ease the impacts of the Cache Creek Casino Resort on the Capay Valley.

The Barstow City Council has approved the City's Municipal Services Agreements with the Big Lagoon Rancheria and Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupeno Indians.

A selection of news and views from inside the industry this week.

The 86th Northern California Open, brought to you by Black Oak Casino, will be held September 25 - 27 at Saddle Creek Resort, Copperopolis, California.

News Brief: A former Pechanga casino executive who embezzled about $500,000 from his employer was sentenced to four years in prison Wednesday, the maximum allowed in his agreement with a judge.

News Brief: A simple vote Tuesday on potentially extending Chico police and fire service to a future Indian casino quickly devolved into a verbal melee among representatives of the city, Butte County and the Mechoopda tribe.

In celebration of their 20th Anniversary, San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino undertook a magnificent feat Friday night as they set a new Guinness World Record for "Largest Bingo House".

News Brief: An Upper Lake tribe will be before the Lakeport Board of Supervisors today to discuss an agreement with the county that will manage the impacts that their proposed casino might have on the community.

Members of tribal governments of the California Nations Indian Gaming Association have met with Governor Schwarzenegger.

News Brief: An assembly governmental organization committee has voted to reject the tribal gambling compacts Schwarzenegger negotiated last year for the Barstow development.

nternational News Brief: Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is threatening to try to shut down six casinos in a dispute over how their slot machine numbers are tallied.

A California legislative committee late Wednesday dealt a blow to the prospects of side-by-side tribal casinos opening in Barstow, but proponents of the venture some 120 miles

News Brief: A new legal wrangle unfolded Tuesday in a Placer County Superior Court harassment and discrimination case filed by seven former female Thunder Valley Casino employees.