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Voters may decide tribal casinos' fate1 October 2007CALIFORNIA -- As reported by the North County Times: "Voters may get a chance in February to decide whether the Pechanga Resort & Casino near Temecula and three other Southern California Indian casinos should get any bigger. "Racetrack owners, two tribes and a labor union are backing a signature-gathering effort to challenge the agreements that Pechanga and three other tribes signed with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger earlier this year. "The agreements would allow the four tribes ---- the Pechanga, Agua Caliente, Morongo and Sycuan bands ---- to operate up to 7,500 from 2,000 slots that each has now in exchange for a sharing their earnings with the state. "...A nonpartisan analyst for the state Legislature said the tribe's estimates on how much the state is likely to get from the agreements appears to be unrealistic. And Pechanga officials have said that the tribe does not plan to install all ---- or any ---- of the 5,500 machines right away. "...It is not the first time that tribal casinos have been challenged at the ballot box. In 2004, racetracks and card club owners backed a proposition targeting tribal casinos..." |