No Slot Machines for San Pasqual

The San Pasqual Band of Mission Indians has lost their suit against the California Gambling Control Commission to add more slot machines. A federal judge has ruled against the tribe saying that they cannot add more slot machines to their Valley View Casino in Valley Center.

The tribe was hoping to get an additional 10,000 licenses for gaming devices which would include slot machines, but US District Judge Larry Alan Burns dismissed the suit. He said that he could not allow the case to move forward as they did not have the support of the other tribes in the state. He said that all of the tribes have a vested interest in the outcome, and that the other tribes could not be forced to join either because they were sovereign entities.

The president of the San Pasqual Casino Development Group said that they were very disappointed with the outcome of the case as they felt that the state had made erroneous calculations when it came to the number of slot machine licenses. The problem they say is that Burns threw out the suit without taking into consideration the fact that the tribe believes that the state has wrongly calculated the number of slot machines that are available to the state’s tribes.

They say the number of slot machines allowed across the state should be 42,700 – but instead the state has it at 32,151 with all of those licenses issued already. They said that the tribe should be allowed more slot machines because the state has already amended gaming compacts with five other tribes allowing them to have more slot machines as well.

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