Casino San Pablo

Casino San Pablo is finally done fighting, yet everyone is claiming they have won. Both sides are claiming victory, so who actually won?

It turns out that there was a compromise between both parties, and everyone seems happy. Senator Diane Feinstein wrote the compromise that allows the Lytton Rancheria Band of Pomos to operate slot machine bingo games, but they cannot grow their empire, nor can they add poker machines or Class III slot machines to their casino.

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger wanted to give the tribe a monopoly in the Bay Area, but with the new legislation, the door will remain open for other casinos to come in. Many saw the expansion that the tribe wanted to be too extreme, and thought that the addition of Class III slot machines was too much.

The tribe is happy with the compromise, and they have already endorsed the deal. The governor can’t be too happy about the compromise however, as he promised the tribe things that he could not deliver. Schwarzenegger was going to allow them to build a larger casino with 5,000 slot machines – and the tribe was going to give the state 25% of their take.

This means less money for the state, and less money for the governor’s budget. The compromise still has to pass both houses of Congress and get a presidential signature, but no one expects it not to pass.

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