California News - Page 98

The slots are sizzling at Spa Resort Casino in Palm Springs, where two Paradise Jackpots struck exactly a week apart.

News Brief: Former River Rock casino executive Norman Runyan filed a lawsuit last week in Sonoma County Superior Court alleging he was fired unjustly from his $300,000 job.

News Brief: Arbitration is likely the next step in the march toward a second Indian gaming casino in Amador County.

News Brief: Sonoma County supervisors are on the verge of an historic agreement with River Rock Casino that would funnel $75 million in revenue from the Indian casino to the county over the next 12 years, according to a proposal.

Caliente Ink, the in-house advertising agency for the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians and its two casino properties took home top honors at the 2008 ADDY Awards.

News Brief: Community members living in Woodland, Madison, Esparto, Capay, and Brooks will soon benefit from more than $1 million in bus service improvements funded by the Rumsey Band of Wintun Indians.

AccessFlow, Inc. has partnered with Pillar Data Systems to provide a storage and server platform to virtualize the production and disaster recovery facilities for Chukchansi Gold Resort & Casino.

Two of China's most famous stars, Yang Yen and Jimmy Lin, will perform together at Spotlight 29 Casino on April 5.

News Brief: The Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians announced that the final steel beam was placed for the Foothill Oaks Casino last month.

News Brief: Debate is heating up over a proposed $250 million Indian casino in Madera County, California, and hundreds are expected to show up Wednesday evening for the only public hearing planned on the federal government's study of its effects.

News Brief: The federal government is forcing the Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupeño Indians to rethink its unique business plan.

News Brief: The prospect of living in the shadow of some of the world's largest casinos did nothing to dampen neighbors' support for California's Inland tribal gambling-expansion deals.

News Brief: Applications are available for $1 million in tribal casino grant money for local agencies, schools and nonprofit organizations from the Madera County Community Grant Program.

News Brief: The Santa Ysabel tribe is more than $400,000 behind on impact fees to the county for its casino near Julian and also owes an undisclosed amount in overdue payments to the California.

Phil Ivey scored a resounding victory at Commerce Casino's L.A. Poker Classic and walked away with $1,596,100 -- and a pretty big grin.

News Brief: A deal that would give Amador County ,California, $18 million up front and roughly $8 million a year in return for dropping a lawsuit against a tribal casino planned near Ione is still on the table.

News Brief: An initial draft of the Environmental Assessment report on a proposed casino and RV park development should be released to the public soon, according to a spokesman for the Twentynine Palms Band of Mission Indians.

News Brief: The Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians celebrated a milestone as the final steel beam was placed for the Foothill Oaks Casino earlier this week, a tribal spokesman said Wednesday.

News Brief: A preliminary court ruling left standing a Sacramento County ordinance allowing some types of electronic bingo.

News Brief: Agua Caliente Casino Resort Hotel and Spa grand opening for VIP’s is set for April 18 and 340-room resort hotel, spa and expanded casino will open to the public on April 19.