Some California tribal casinos could be in a position to add new slot games without paying stiff new state taxes, in line with a court decision.

The united states Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a District Court decision that forces California to just accept the rights of Indian tribes to incease total numbers of slots at tribal casinos. The brand new ruling means 10,000 more gambling machines may also be installed without tribes having to pay hefty new casino taxes the state demanded.

A 1999 maintain then-Governor Gray Davis gave all of the sixty-one tribes that signed the precise to function 2000 gaming machines. The state placed a cap on total slots in California at 32,151, deciding that can tribes could be unlikely to approach the person limit.

But the expansion within the tribal casino industry meant the state limit was quickly reached, and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger pushed tribes wanting more machines to comply with large new payments to the state. The brand new compacts allowed larger tribes to move way past the 2000 game limit, but tribes still to not that number were asked for more revenue for permission to head over the state cap.

A US District Court judge ruled in August that tribes still complying with the 1999 deal are eligible to expand gaming to the 2000 slot standard, and now the appellate court has agreed with the decision.

While state spokemen say they're going to continue the appeal, tribal representatives are moving forward to put in new casino games.

"The state can say whatever they want," San Pasqual attorney Stephen Solomon told the Saramento Bee. "At this point, we've got prevailed."

Published on October 4, 2009 by K.C.Carmichael

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