Long restricted to Native American reservations, tribal-operated gambling enterprises in California look prepared to expand in a big way. One off-reservation casino has already been authorized, which includes many other tribes looking at if they can not transfer to other areas of the continuing state as well.

Compacts Allow for Brand New Sites

The expansion formally started weeks ago, when the continuing State Legislature approved a concise between the North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians and Governor Jerry Brown. That compact allowed the tribe to construct a casino featuring 2,000 slots in Madera County. This is notable since the site of the casino will be over 30 miles through the lands historically occupied by the tribe the result of a long and ultimately fruitful negotiation between the tribe, other tribes, as well as the state federal government.

That move has given other tribes hopes of moving away from their reservations that are traditional well. Nowadays there are other tribes searching at casinos in Yuba County, San Bernardino County and Imperial County as well.

But there is no guarantee that some of these projects will go forward ultimately. Anti-casino groups seem to be lining up to give voters a chance to block the Mono Indian project, suggesting that voters should have the opportunity to veto the project through a referendum.

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Martin Layton and his fiancee Sarah Connell came all the means from the UK to be married in Las Vegas; nothing particularly uncommon about that, needless to say. What made their escapade unique, nonetheless, was becoming the 10,000,000th visitors to the Las Vegas' Eiffel Tower at the Paris Hotel, replete with dancing girls and celebrities.

Entertainers On Hand

Not just showgirls greeted the couple that is surprised American Idol winner and now Las Vegas performer Taylor Hicks, the cast of the Jersey Boys, and, the inescapable mime were also on hand to congratulate the delighted duo, Vegas-style.

It absolutely was old-school Vegas showmanship, but it still tickled the engaged Brits.

'Here we have been,' said Martin Layton. 'we nevertheless can not believe it.'

Mind you, with it just a hop, skip and a jump across the Pond, these two have been to the Eiffel that is real Tower Paris. But no one during the one in France made them feel this special. The Paris marketing team was actually waiting and watching for # 10M to enter (since the property's opening in 1999), so they could pounce in fact, like some kookie 1960s episode of 'Candid camera.

Followed by Marketing

Naturally, they had setting their marks up, in order the couple stepped onto the