California News - Page 127

News Brief: There won't be a groundbreaking this fall as hoped for a new casino and resort complex the Quechan Tribe intends to develop.

News Brief: A group from Contra Costa County has stepped up to make an offer to buy the 58-year-old bankrupt Garden City Casino's card club.

News Brief: A county supervisor proposed a measure Thursday to prompt Soboba tribal officials to fund road improvements and police officers to handle the anticipated traffic explosion if the tribe builds a casino near Diamond Valley Lake.

When the players arrive at the Commerce Casino for the California State Poker Championship, they'll be treated to the preview of the Casino's dynamic new interactive website designed to take registration online for all future tournaments.

News Brief: Off-reservation casinos in the High Desert have an impact on the communities surrounding the cities that the casinos call home, according to California Senator George C. Runner, Jr., who thinks residents of those neighboring communities need to get a vote.

News Brief: A Barstow, California, gaming initiative the city's attorney described as ‘fatally flawed’ was scheduled Monday for a public vote in the June 2006 state primary elections, prompting the developers of a proposed casino project to threaten a lawsuit.

News Brief: Million-dollar Indian casinos are expected to boost customer counts and sagging sales at the two Barstow, California, outlet malls.

An Indian tribe that abandoned plans to build a casino near San Pablo Bay because of local opposition has paid $100 million for a new 270-acre casino site outside of Rohnert Park.

The California Attorney General’s office still haven’t resolved a seven year old conflict involving no-limit wagers at a Colma card club.

News Brief: Colma town officials told the state of California this week that Lucky Chances casino and its unlimited table betting is legal, and the casino being reduced to a $200 wagering limit would severely impact town coffers.

News Brief: Two-thirds of Barstow area residents support the placement of Indian-owned casinos in the area near the outlets malls, according to a phone survey commissioned by the developers of a project recently approved by the governor.

News Brief: The Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians' dreams of opening a second casino on land they won two years ago in a settlement of a decades-old water-rights dispute has run headlong into a swelling statewide backlash against proposals to build casinos away from reservations.

Black Oak Casino's will host a regional qualifier for the San Francisco International Stand Up Comedy Competition.

Pechanga Resort & Casino, a AAA four-diamond property in Southern California, has deployed 200 Motion Computing tablet PCs for gaming table management, player tracking and employee training.

Coachella Valley and Tulare County won't be getting additional funds anytime soon to hire police officers, buy fire trucks and improve traffic flow and safety around Indian casinos.

The Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupeno Indians and the Big Lagoon Rancheria joined Governor Schwarzenegger today in announcing they have successfully negotiated gaming compacts.

A couple guys from Riverside got together and decided to launch the biggest consumer show for gamblers on the West Coast, December 2-4, 2005.

News Brief: Assemblywoman Loni Hancock, D-Berkeley, asked California Attorney General Bill Lockyer on Monday to investigate the new video bingo machines at Casino San Pablo, charging that they were nearly identical to slot machines.

Actress Jennifer Tilly won the World Poker Tour Ladies Night III tournament at the Bicycle Casino in California.

California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control has agreed to adopt the judge's decision and to issue an alcohol license for the River Rock Casino.