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News Brief: The Colma City Council will review an ordinance to mandate $200 betting limits, but the council will also consider a possible lawsuit to overturn the gambling division’s ruling, which city officials fear will cost it 15 percent of its annual revenues.

News Brief: Barstow City Council's direct involvement in the negotiations of two off-reservation casino projects involving three Indian tribes scattered across California is nearin

News Brief: On the urging of the Governor Schwarzenegger’s legal aides, the Buena Vista Band of Me-Wuk Indians this week suspended discussions with Amador County officials on the environmental effects of a proposed $200 million casino.

News Brief: The Viejas Indian band is formally agreeing to pay the county more than $1.2 million to address impacts of a planned casino expansion on the tribe's East County reservation.

News Brief: The county board of supervisors Tuesday approved a plan to build a second casino on an Indian reservation east of San Diego.

News Brief: Hesperia Mayor Jim Lindley is one of several Hesperians listed as receiving funds from the Rinaldo Corporation, the Chicago-based company attempting to develop a casino in Hesperia.

News Brief: A judge grilled attorneys defending California's entrance into Mega Millions lotto last June, saying some arguments for the Schwarzenegger administration move were un

Global Payments Inc. reports an agreement to provide Barona Valley Ranch Resort & Casino with its VIP LightSpeed suite of cash access products and services.

News Brief: Charity bingo operations’ flow of revenue have shrunk in recent years, a fate shared by many charities around California.

Both Bush and Schwarzenegger administrations have started to take a harder line on high-stakes Indian land decisions, which carry broad, long-term implications for tribes and adjoining communities.

News Brief: The band of American Indians who run Casino San Pablo claim an Alameda County food bank rejected its $3,000 contribution this week because of the stormy politics surrounding its expansion proposals.

News Brief: California tribal casinos are trying to attract even more business by targeting particular ethnic groups when marketing their casinos, starting with Asian-Americans.

The Chukchansi Economic Development Authority has completed the refinancing of its outstanding debt, setting the stage for a proposed expansion of the premier Chukchansi Gold Resort & Casino.

Checks, drawn from more than $200 million deposited by California gaming tribes, were sent yesterday to eligible tribes throughout the state.

News Brief: James H. McKennon, a veteran of Las Vegas who helped guide development and operations of the $200 million Fantasy Springs Resort Casino & Special Events Center, has joined the list of top-level executives asked to depart by the Cabazon Band of Mission Indians.

California resident Nancy Harlan's hopes were answered early Sunday when she won Aristocrat's Millioni$er $500,000 Grand Jackpot at the Bear River Casino.

One ticket sold in Anaheim, California matched all six numbers in the Tuesday drawing. That ticket is now worth an estimated annuity value of $315 million.

News Brief: Although significant hurdles still stand in the way, construction of a third Indian casino in Butte County, California, could begin as early as late next year.

Magna Entertainment Corp. has entered into an agreement under which it will sell approximately 157 acres of its excess real estate located in Palm Beach County, Florida to Toll Bros, Inc.

The Casino College, with Casino Schools in Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Francisco, & Merced California, Detroit Michigan, Seattle Washington and the Southeastern US recently launched a unique mix of new training options designed for the time starved student.