California gives up regulating five casinos.
The Attorney General of California has agreed that the state will now have no role in regulating five tribal casinos. More Indian casinos may follow.
A federal trial court, and then, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals had ruled that California lost its right to negotiate tribal-state compacts to co-regulate these casinos. The state had insisted that the tribes agree to enforce child and spousal support orders, abide by state environmental standards and allow injured patrons to sue.
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