[ba-poker] Casino San Pablo on Steroids

[Alan Bostick <abostick(deleted the rest)>]

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/08/18/ 
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Tribe reaches deal for giant San Pablo casino
Schwarzenegger OKs Pomo Indian plan for nation's third-largest
gambling palace
 - John M. Hubbell, Chronicle Sacramento Bureau
Wednesday, August 18, 2004

The nation's third-largest gambling emporium  --  a six- to
eight- story casino with up to 5,000 slot machines  --  would
sprout in the heart of  San Pablo under terms of a deal
between an Indian tribe and Gov. Arnold  Schwarzenegger.

The compact with the Lytton Band of Pomo Indians, expected
to be  announced this week in Sacramento, would vault the
once-landless tribe to the  top tier of the nation's gaming
entrepreneurs and generate new revenue for  California's
general fund  --  and it could transform the small,
working-class  East Bay city.

Meanwhile, the deal would guarantee that no new casino open
shop within a  35-mile radius of San Pablo  --  a critical
blow to any other tribe hoping to  stake a claim in the
core Bay Area market. ...


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