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California Tribe Funds Casino Fight

PALM SPRINGS, California – As reported by the Palm Springs Desert Sun: "Super Tuesday may be over, but the battle over California gaming rights is just getting started.

"The Morongo Band of Mission Indians has anted up $1.5 million to Californians Against the Deceptive Gambling Proposition. The coalition of 65 tribes is trying to block a proposed initiative that would force Indian tribes to give 25 percent of their slot-machine revenues to the state, or, in the alternative, allow 30,000 slots off reservation at 16 card rooms and horse-racing tracks.

"Proponents of the Gaming Revenue Act of 2004 are gathering signatures to place the measure on the November ballot.

"…The Morongo tribe, which operates Casino Morongo near Cabazon, is one of four desert tribes that have joined the coalition. Others include the Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, the Augustine Band of Mission Indians and the Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians…"

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