Some tribes say deals will sink smaller casinos
SACRAMENTO, Aug. 27 (COPLEY NEWS SERVICE): When two wealthy California Indian tribes took the unusual step of joining the fight to overturn lucrative new gambling deals for a group of rivals, they argued that the compacts encourage big gaming tribes to flood their markets with slot machines.
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1942: The first wedding chapel, the Little Church of the West, opens on the Strip in the Last Frontier Hotel. - The casino at Spa, a Belgian resort town noted for its mineral baths, was built by the Prince Bishop of the province of Liege in 1763.
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