California News - Page 149

Schwarzenegger will hold a press conference in Las Vegas next week, urging companies and executives who have moved out of California because of the state's high taxes and workers compensation rates and other problems to do just that.

News Brief: The California Supreme Court has refused for a second time to hear a lawsuit that seeks to remove a gambling initiative backed by cardrooms and racetracks from the November ballot.

News Brief: Cache Creek Casino Resort opened a 200-room hotel Thursday, a project that adjoins the Rumsey Band of Wintun Indian's recently expanded casino.

News Brief: The family of a fire victim filed Thursday a negligence and wrongful death lawsuit against Harrah's Casino and a formal complaint with the Rincon Indian tribe.

News Brief: A River Rock Casino bus headed north from Healdsburg flipped over Wednesday night and sent three of its passengers to area hospitals, according to the Sonoma County Fire Department.

News Brief: After settling for millions of dollars with subcontractors who worked on its Madera County casino, the Chukchansi Indian tribe will try to receive reimbursement from two companies charged with overseeing the project.

News Brief: Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and a once-landless Indian tribe are expected to announce within weeks a deal that would bring slot machines to the heart of the Bay Area, creating California’s first full-fledged urban casino in San Pablo.

News Brief: A pair of rival gambling initiatives have qualified for the November ballot, setting the stage for a showdown pitting Indian casinos against the state's racetracks and cardrooms.

Four tribal casino operators have reached agreements with California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger allowing for unlimited slots in return for promises to pay an immediate $1 billion to the state and $250 million more yearly, Wall Street analysts said Tuesday.

Station Casinos Inc.'s gamble on the Thunder Valley Casino in Northern California is paying off, spurring more Indian tribes look to the Las Vegas company for helping opening casinos.

News Brief: Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and several Indian tribes have reached a tentative agreement on a deal that could bring the state an extra $250 million annually from casino gambling.

News Brief: When the Thunder Valley Casino celebrates its one-year anniversary June 9, it will be marking what is almost certainly the most financially successful first year of any Indian casino in the country.

News Brief: Rohnert Park City Manager Carl Leivo and the City Council are coming under fire from casino opponents for using city meetings and publications to promote the Graton Rancheria's casino.

News Brief: Investigators raided Shodakai Casino outside Ukiah, California, and the homes of tribal leaders, seizing files and computers in a search for evidence of embezzlement at the Redwood Valley casino.

News Brief: Money from California casino tribes went for everything from helping build a new fire station to funding district attorney's office liaison/coordinators who will work with tribes.

News Brief: The California Lottery wants to shrink the percentage of its budget dedicated to funding public education in order to boost prize payouts in scratch-off games.

News Brief: Citing widespread opposition, California Assemblyman George Plescia on Monday dropped lottery-backed legislation that would have added Nevada-style gambling themes to the state-run games.

Job growth created by California Indian casinos and their tribal governments grew by nearly 17% for the year ending April 2004, according to the California Indian Nations Gaming Association.

News Brief: Five casino-operating California Indian tribes are near a deal with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to back an approximately $1 billion bond with slot machine revenue to help fund the state's upcoming budget.

Sycuan Resort and Casino in El Cajon California will be the first gaming facility in the United States to debut the new World Poker Tour All-In Hold 'Em table.