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Two California Residents Receive Life Sentences for 2018 Casino Shooting
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Graton Casino in California Raises Minimum Wages for Tipped, Non-Tipped Workers
A tribal casino in northern California announced Wednesday that it would increase the minimum wage it offers its hourly workers. Federated Indians of ...
Wilton Rancheria secures further funding for coming California tribal casino
In northern California and the federally-recognized Wilton Rancheria tribe has reportedly secured even more outside funding to help it build the $500 million Wilton Rancheria Resort and Casino. According to a Monday report from CDC Gaming Reports, the extra third-party financial support from an undisclosed source was revealed last month via the annual report ...
California Sycuan Tribal Resort Murder Leads to Arrest
A 33-year-old man has been arrested in connection with last week’s fatal shooting at Singing Hills Golf Resort at Sycuan. It is located near a tribal casino in California. ...
California Police Continue Gambling Raids on Alleged ‘Slaphouses’
Some 70 people were apprehended this week after a police raid on an alleged illegal gambling joint operating as an “slaphouse” in Anaheim, Calif., according to local news reports. ...
Larry Flynt, Controversial Publisher and Cardroom Owner, Dies in California Home
Larry Flynt, who founded Hustler magazine and would later own two California cardroom casinos, died Wednesday at age 78. In his last Tweet, ...
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