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May 2007 Gaming News
OState Senate Approves Compact Expansion
n April 19th the California Senate approved one of the biggest gaming expansion plans in the State’s history. Five Southern California Indian tribes hoping to add more slot machines to their compacts cleared the rst of two political hurdles. e bills allowing up to 22,500 new slots are now headed to the
Assembly, which must approve them to amend the gaming compacts.
Current gaming compacts allow these tribes to have up to 2,000 slot machines. e compact expansions will allow the Agua Caliente and Sycuan tribes to have up to 5,000 machines, and the Morongo, Pechanga and San Manuel tribes up to 7,500 slots.
Leaders in the State Assembly say they will be looking for amendments to the compacts for more worker protections and improved regulatory power over slot machines.
Show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets start at $25 and are available at 1-866-4-soboba. And on May 5th join the Oscar De La Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather championship ght pay per view telecast in the Arena on huge screens. Gates open at
4 p.m. e ght starts at 6 p.m. Ticket prices start at $20. And at Spotlight 29 Casino, multi-platinum recording
artist Sergio Mendes will be in concert on May 5 at 8 p.m. in the Spotlight Showroom. Tickets are $60, $50, $45 and $35 and are available now at StarTicketsPlus.com or by calling (800) 585-3737, and at the Spotlight 29 Casino Gift Shop and at the Spotlight Showroom Box O ce on the day of the show.
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is marks Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s second attempt at Indian gaming expansion after one of the compacts stalled last year. e governor has urged the Legislature to adopt the compacts, which would give between $13.4 billion and $22.4 billion in casino revenue- sharing payments to the S tate over the next 25 years.
e expansion includes compacts for the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians in Palm Springs, the Morongo Band of Mission Indians in Cabazon, the Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians in Temecula, the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians in Highland, and the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation in El Cajon.
asinos Celebrate Cinco de Mayo
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e Cinco de Mayo esta party gets underway at
Harrah’s Rincon Casino & Resort on May 5th with several ve-piece Mariachi bands playing throughout the casino from 8 p.m. to midnight. In the Cabana Cove and the Oasis Lounge the fun begins with the live HBO pay-per-view telecast of the Junior Middleweight Championship boxing event featuring six-division world champion Oscar De La Hoya vs. unbeaten, four-division world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. Immediately following the boxing matches, Cabana Cove will feature the saucy salsa band Trece De La Fuerte, and the Oasis Lounge will feature Heatwave II. And it wouldn’t be
oin Southern California casinos for exciting Cinco de Mayo fun on Saturday, May 5th. Here are just a few celebrations at the casinos that we learned
Cinco de Mayo without great food. Cabana Cove is o ering the following menu specials, in addition to the regular menu: Carne Asada Plate, Red Snapper Vera Cruz, Chilies Rellenos Plate, Chili Colarado.
At Viejas Casino & Outlet Center celebrate Cinco de Mayo at the DreamCatcher. e Fiesta starts at 5 p.m with live musical acts and traveling mariachis throughout
the casino. Enjoy Cinco de Mayo menus and satellite bar specials with Dos Equis, Tecate and marguerites. And meet the Tecate girls. Plus don’t miss the championship ght, De La Hoya vs. Mayweather in the DreamCatcher. Your $50 ticket includes the ght, fantastic Mexican food and entertainment. Tickets on sale now. Go to
Viejas.com for more details.
At Soboba Casino join the celebration starting on
Friday, May 4th with Los Tigres Del Norte in the Arena.
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