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Attorney General Bill Lockyer Releases Total Number of Slot Machines in Use by Compacted Indian Gaming Tribes
January 25, 2001
01-009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Sacramento) – Attorney General Bill Lockyer today released the results of a slot machine census conducted by the California Department of Justice's Division of Gambling Control (DGC).
Last year, Governor Gray Davis signed gaming compacts with 62 separate Indian Nations authorizing specified forms of gambling, including the use of slot machines. Prior to the May 15, 2000 effective date of these compacts, the tribes had a total of 19,137 slot machines in operation at their casinos. Over the last several weeks, agents from the DGC conducted a census of the state's 39 compacted tribes with gaming facilities currently in operation and determined that there are 25,196 slot machines currently in operation on Indian lands. (See list)
Last year, the tribes conducted a "draw" for the rights to additional slot machines which, consistent with the terms of the compact, will result in a modest increase in the total number of machines in operation in California. The Attorney General noted, however, that the number of slot machines currently in use is significantly less than the total number of slot machines authorized under the terms of the Tribal-State Gaming Compacts.
The DGC, in its capacity as the State Gaming Agency pursuant to the compacts, is responsible for the investigation of the qualification of financial backers, vendors and key employees at tribal casinos within the geographical boundaries of the state. The DGC is also responsible for ensuring compliance with the terms of the compacts in the regulation of Class III gaming by reporting its findings and making recommendations to the Gambling Control Commission.
| GAMING DEVICES
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| Tribal/Commission Name |
Number of Devices
Prior to May 15, 2000 |
Total Devices
in Commercial Operation
January 23, 2000 |
| Agua Caliente |
1153 |
903 |
| Alturas Rancheria |
54 |
60 |
| Augustine |
0 |
N/A |
| Barona |
1057 |
1,432 |
| Big Sandy Rancheria |
239 |
329 |
| Big Valley Rancheria |
353 |
329 |
| Bishop Paiute |
273 |
303 |
| Blue Lake Rancheria |
0 |
N/A |
| Buena Vista Rancheria |
0 |
N/A |
| Cabazon |
741 |
901 |
| Cahto Tribe, Laytonville |
125 |
93 |
| Cahuilla Band of Mission Indians |
207 |
228 |
| Campo Band of Mission Indians |
0 |
N/A |
| Chemehuevi Indian Tribe |
100 |
95 |
| Chicken Ranch Rancheria |
224 |
251 |
| Chuckchansi/Picayune |
0 |
N/A |
| Coast Indian Community |
199 |
0 |
| Colusa Indian Comm |
523 |
488 |
| Dry Creek Rancheria |
0 |
N/A |
| Elem Indian Colony |
0 |
N/A |
| Elk Valley Rancheria |
167 |
272 |
| Ewiiaapaayp Tribe |
0 |
N/A |
| Hoopa Valley |
85 |
85 |
| Hopland |
307 |
307 |
| Jackson Rancheria |
435 |
538 |
| Jamul Indian Village |
0 |
N/A |
| LaJolla Indian
Reservation |
0 |
N/A |
| Manchester Point Arena |
0 |
N/A |
| Manzanita Band |
0 |
N/A |
| Middletown Rancheria |
167 |
469 |
| Mooretown Rancheria |
500 |
497 |
| Morongo |
1627 |
1901 |
| Pala |
0 |
N/A |
| Tribal/Commission
Name |
Number of Devices
Prior to May 15, 2000 |
Total Devices
in Commercial Operation
January 23, 2001 |
| Paskenta Bd of Nomlaki Indians |
0 |
N/A |
| Pauma |
0 |
N/A |
| Pechanga |
1333 |
1921 |
| Pit River |
129 |
124 |
| Quechan Indian Nation |
0 |
N/A |
| Redding Rancheria |
401 |
510 |
| Rincon San Luiseno |
0 |
759 |
| Robinson Rancheria |
380 |
436 |
| Rohnerville Rancheria |
0 |
N/A |
| Rumsey Indian Rancheria |
416 |
633 |
| San Manuel Tribal
Comm. |
974 |
962 |
| San Pasqual |
0 |
N/A |
| Santa Rosa Rancheria |
472 |
1866 |
| Santa Ynez |
760 |
874 |
| Sherwood Valley |
127 |
222 |
| Shingle Springs Rancheria |
0 |
N/A |
| Smith River Rancheria |
232 |
198 |
| Soboba |
991 |
1364 |
| Susanville Indian
Rancheria |
150 |
102 |
| Sycuan |
519 |
350 |
| Table Mountain
Rancheria |
835 |
975 |
| Trinidad Rancheria |
196 |
321 |
| Tule River |
408 |
556 |
| Tuolumne Me-Wuk |
0 |
N/A |
| Twenty-Nine Palms |
740 |
993 |
| Tyme Maidu Tribe/Berry Creek |
406 |
549 |
| United Auburn |
0 |
N/A |
| Viejas |
1132 |
2000 |
| Yurok |
0 |
N/A |
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| Total |
19137 |
25196 |
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