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California tribe, senator strike deal11 May 2007CALIFORNIA -- As reported by the San Francisco Chronicle: "The Lytton Band of Pomo Indians -- who stirred an outcry by proposing a megacasino with 5,000 slot machines in the East Bay -- have agreed to a deal with Sen. Dianne Feinstein to abandon future plans to offer slot machines and build a Las Vegas-size facility at Casino San Pablo. "The agreement would allow the Sonoma County tribe to continue to operate its 70,000-square-foot casino near Interstate 80 with 1,050 electronic bingo machines -- a multimillion-dollar business that has no major competitors in the East Bay. "The tribe pushed for the deal to end Feinstein's threat to shut down the casino with legislation that would have forced the Lytton band to go through rigorous federal and state approvals to offer even the Class II gaming now played in the casino..." |