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Indian Gaming has not Reached Slot Machine Limit26 January 2001SACRAMENTO, California --Jan. 26, 2001-- As reported by the Associated Press: "Numbers released by the state attorney general's office Thursday show that Indian gaming tribes are within the limit of the number of slot machines allowed in the state. "...Gov. Gray Davis' administration said the agreement with the tribes that was ratified by voters last March allowed 61 Indian tribes to have a total of 45,206 slot machines. It also requires the tribes that have gambling establishments to contribute to a fund benefiting other nongambling tribes. "....Before the agreement took effect, there were 19,137 slot machines in operation. The tribes conducted a draw last year for the rights to additional slot machines, and some critics pushed for the count of machines so that the agreement could be enforced. "`We just needed time to gather this information,' said Susan Jensen, a spokeswoman for the California Nations Indian Gaming Association. `It's good news in that it can stop the scare tactics of the opposition, that we're not over the numbers.' |