California Tribes Draw Much Needed Gaming Device Licenses

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Oct. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Following years of ongoing litigation, today the California Gambling Control Commission (CGCC) conducted a gaming device license draw which issued a total of 3,547 licenses to eleven tribes throughout the state. Last week the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals cleared the way for today’s draw when they denied the State’s request for an emergency stay of a lower court’s order that the draw proceed. “CNIGA is pleased that these long
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