California Gives Slot Machines the Go Ahead

There was talk as well as legislation in the California state government that would allow their tribes to get additional slot machines. There has been an ongoing argument that says that the tribes should be allowed more slot machines without changing the existing compacts that they have with the state. The tribes have argued that under ex Gov. Gray Davis they should have been allowed additional slot machines because of the compacts that they signed with him.
 
The court has decided that the tribes are correct. According to the Ninth United States Circuit Court of Appeals, the tribes are permitted additional slot machine licenses. The court said that California must offer these licenses for 10,549 more slot machines, and it must be done within the next week.
 
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger had tried to get the tribes to give more of their slot machine profits to the state in return for getting these extra slot licenses but a federal judge in Sacramento had already said that they did not feel that that was either fair or nor lawful.
 
Many residents were hoping that the tribes would be required to give the state more money for the slot machines as they feel that the amount that they are giving the state now is not necessarily a fair deal. They felt that more money was needed for education within the state, and may feel that since the tribes are making billions of dollars a year off of the slot machines, and off of the states residents, that they should turn over more of their profits. Needless to say the tribes are overjoyed and cannot wait for their new licenses to be issued.