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• Tribal Gaming Money Dwarfs All Other Contributions on California Ballot Propositions

  Published: January 6, 2008, 12:46 pm

  Tags: Propositions 94 97 Tribal Gaming

  By Frank D. Russo On Friday, the Pechanga Band of Temecula, one of the big four tribes who stand to gain from passage of Propositions 94 to 97 and 17,000 new slot machines, contributed $30.8 million in support of these propositions. This brings the total to the yes on 94-97 campaign to $68 million dollars, dwarfing not only the amount raised by

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• Don't Forget the Casino Workers in Voting on California Propositions 94-97

  Published: January 30, 2008, 8:05 am

  Tags: Props 94 97 Tribal Gaming

  or not they approve new gaming compacts that would triple the slot machines by 17,000--at the casinos of four southern California tribes. I can imagine the head-scratching over the claims and counterclaims: Is so much gambling capacity healthy for the state? How big a tax windfall? How adequate the accounting safeguards? What kind of

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• California Field Poll Shows Tribal Gaming Props 94-97 Ahead

  Published: February 4, 2008, 10:00 am

  Tags: Props 94 97 Tribal Gaming

  who generally favor Indian gaming expansion. It passes with this cohort by 81% to 9%. It loses with those voters who do not generally favor Indian gaming expansion by 17% to 72%. With those voters who either have no opinion on expansion or who say it depends, it passes 30% to 15%--but with a whopping 55% of these voters undecided. In

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• Indian casinos vs. Las Vegas Casinos

  Published: May 8, 2008, 2:50 pm

  Tags: Casino, Gambling, Gaming, Indian Reservation, Las Vegas, Tribal Gaming

  occasional poker players, Tribal Gaming is the way to go. If you play a lot, and are aware that you have a distinctive style of play, Vegas may be for you. At Indian casinos, you will often find the same players playing the tables all the time. This gives the occasional player a huge advantage. The players know each others’ tells,

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