County police chiefs support sheriff's Soboba stance
9/10/2008, San Diego Union Tribune
MURRIETA - The Association of Riverside County Chiefs of Police announced its support Wednesday of Sheriff Stan Sniff's position that a law granting local law enforcement agencies jurisdiction over selected Indian tribes allows Riverside County deputies to enter the Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians reservation at will. 

 Sycuan hearing postponed
9/10/2008, San Diego Union Tribune-Web Blog
SACRAMENTO - California's gambling commission on Wednesday postponed a closed-door hearing on allegations that the Sycuan band of El Cajon has violated its gaming agreement with the state. Although the matter has been pending since June, the commission recently received a response from the tribe and needed additional time to review the material, a commission spokeswoman said. No new date for a hearing has been set. Sycuan has been operating more than 200 bingo-based gaming devices that are considered slot machines by the National Indian Gaming Commission, commission investigators concluded. That would put the tribe over the 2,000-slot limit in its 1999 compact. Sycuan negotiated a new deal two years ago that authorizes up to 5,000 slots, but had not ratified it. The latter agreement requires the tribe to pay more to the state, a minimum $18 million more before it adds a single machine.  

 

Brown sandbags badly needed casino rules
9/10/2008, San Diego Union Tribune
Of all the industries in the world, casinos are among the least suited to self-regulation. Dealing with vast amounts of cash, everyone from blackjack dealers to executives faces vast temptation to skim. But what's also not fully appreciated is how regulations protect consumers. Electronic games can be rigged in brazen ways, and promised mega jackpots can be illusory. Yet for nearly two years - since a federal court ruled federal oversight was unlawful - California's Indian casinos have operated without any meaningful scrutiny. This is why the California Gambling Control Commission began drafting its own standards for Indian gaming, which generates a staggering $8 billion a year. These standards would have required Nevada-style monitoring of cash transactions and electronic games.

Suspect arrested for forgery at Cache Creek Casino
9/9/2008, Daily Democrat
Yolo County Sheriff's Department received a report just prior to 7 o'clock on Sunday evening that a person was attempting to use counterfeit bills at the Cache Creek Casino. According to Sheriff Department spokeswoman Michele Wallace, Demetrio Almeda Reyes, age 37, a resident of San Jose, had been seen placing a $100 bill into a casino kiosk machine. A slot floor technician and a casino supervisor arrived to assist the patron after the bill became jammed in the machine. When the bill was removed the technician noticed that it was counterfeit.

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