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California Card Room Efforts Shot Down8 August 2003CALIFORNIA – As reported by the Tri-Valley Herald: “A federal judge in Sacramento once again has shot down card rooms' efforts to keep the Lytton Band of Pomo Indians from turning Casino San Pablo into California's first urban-sited, Nevada-style casino. “U.S. District Judge David F. Levi's 28-page order denies the card rooms the preliminary injunction they sought, clearing the way for the Interior Department to declare the card room Indian land. “…The Lyttons can conduct some gaming as soon as the Moorish-styled gaming house 15 minutes north of Oakland officially becomes theirs, but they can't offer house-banked games -- like the thousands of slot machines that would provide most of their profits -- until they negotiate a gaming compact with the governor. And the card rooms vowed Wednesday to continue their legal fight. “…Tony Cohen, the Lyttons' attorney, called the opinion a victory that will be complete once the federal government clarifies to Levi the means by which it has recognized the band's tribal status. “Unless an appeals court imposes a further delay, Cohen expects the Lyttons will take over the card room in 30 to 60 days…” |