Supreme Court decided that neither the State of California nor Riverside County could regulate the bingo and card game operations of the Cabazon Band of Mission Indians and the Morongo Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians.
In this report, we answer key questions about tribal casinos in California and their payments to state and local governments. Now, California’s casino industry outranks all but Nevada’s in size. Supreme Court decision involving two California tribes set in motion a series of federal and state actions that dramatically expanded tribal casinos here and in other states. February 2007 California Tribal Casinos: Questions and Answers
