LATEST NEWS
-Pechanga violates their Tribal State Compact and faces a $10,000,000 Fedral lawsuit!!!

          The numbers are staggering. Since the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) was passed in 1988, Californians have been fleeced by Native American tribal casinos to the tune of over $100 billion dollars, and all under the guise of "self sufficiency" and "economic independence." With nearly 100 Native American tribal casinos, California leads the nation by a wide margin. California Native American tribal casinos are expected to generate over $10 billion dollars in tax free gambling revenue in 2024. Not surprisingly, California also leads the nation with the highest number of problem gamblers. Estimates are between 1-3 million Californians, somewhere between the populations of San Jose and Los Angeles, suffer from a crippling gambling addiction.

     Californians have been preyed upon by Native American tribal casinos for over 3 decades. Unlike Nevada casinos, California Native American tribal casinos are on federally recognized tribal reservations and therefore have the protection of and often take refuge behind “sovereignty.” Laws that apply off Native American tribal reservations do not apply on Native American tribal reservations. California Native American tribes do not pay state or federal taxes on their massive gambling revenues. California Native American tribal casinos are policed by their own Tribal Gaming Commissions with very little oversight from the state. The Tribal Gaming Commissions are often tribal members with an inherent interest in the casino's profits. The Tribal Gaming Commission's primary purpose is to ensure the fairness and integrity of the casino games for the players. This is the proverbial "fox in charge of the henhouse" scenario. Tribal Gaming Commissions are the only recourse players have who have been cheated by a California Native American tribal casino.

     Contrary to the narrative spewed for decades by Native American tribes, there is absolutely no economic or social benefit to having a tribal casino in your city, county or state. In fact, Native American tribal casinos harm local economies by stealing money in their casinos that would normally be spent at local small businesses. Native American tribal casinos actually cost the government (taxpayers) money and resources. Native American tribal casino communities are 5 times more likely to rely on food stamps, food pantries and other government (taxpayer) resources and are 3 times more likely to produce homelessness and alcohol or drug addiction.

          For years the Pechanga Band of Indians have been participating in one of the most egregious examples of corruption within Native American tribes by creating their own kangaroo court to arbitrarily disenroll tribal members as is detailed on the website www.OriginalPechanga.com. The fewer tribal members means more per capita income for the remaining tribal members. The corruption within Native American tribal gaming predates the IGRA of 1988 and goes all the way back to the tribal bingo parlors of the 1970s.

"Where there is power, greed and money, corruption will surely follow."