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Features
OFrom the Publisher...
nce considered a vice, gambling now appears to be the current nancial savior for many states, including California. Resisting raising taxes, particularly in an
election year, state policy-makers have looked at tribal gaming to boost revenues and help pay for basic necessities that states usually provide. And on June 21st ve California gaming tribes signed historical compacts that work to bring California much- needed cash, and solidify tribal sovereign government enterprise bases. You can read more about this in Tribes in the News on page 17, along with news of gaming tribes’ continuing community contributions.
July 2004 marks our two-year anniversary of publishing the Southern California Gaming GuideTM! We have actually been publishing since February 2002, when we created our rst six issues as the San Diego Gaming GuideTM. From the start, we received, and continue to receive, your much welcomed phone calls, letters and e-mails. It was your continued requests during our rst six months that led to our expansion two years ago to the Southern California Gaming Guide! For two and a half years we have published a 24-page monthly newspaper. It’s only tting on our second anniversary to expand with this July issue to 28 pages! We thank you, all our readers and all our advertisers, for making the Southern California Gaming Guide the best-read gaming newspaper in California!
is month also marks our second annual Reader’s Poll where you get to decide the best of casino gaming in Southern California. We have some great prizes, so get ready to tell us what you like, and what you want to see in on our pages! e survey is on page 18! Meanwhile have a safe July 4th—and always have fun and wager wisely at the casinos!
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C8olumns
Video Poker with Bob Dancer
How Does It Make You Feel?
10 Jean Scott: The Frugal GamblerTM
Mi akes We Make
23 Best of Casino Dining
Pauma Bay Café at Casino Pauma
24 About Gambling with Bill Burton
We Are Not Fortune Tellers!
Departments
6 Southern California Gaming News
9 Bingo Calendar
9 Table Games and Slot Tournaments 14 Southern California Casino Directory
16 Summer Entertainment
17 Tribes in the News
21 Bus Schedules
22 Driving Directions
25 Player’s Club Promotions
26 Winners
Publisher/Editor
Théon Banos Cross
Publication Design
Burk Design Group
Art Direction
Kevin Burk
Operations Manager
Fenn Cross
Contributors
Bill Burton • Bob Dancer Jean Scott
Address
P. O. Box 19267 • San Diego, CA 92159 General Information: 619.462.5891
Advertising
E-Mail: Ads@TheGamingGuide.com 619.462.5891
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Volume 3, Number 7 • July 2004
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