That includes four tribes in North County- Pauma, Pala, Rincon and San Pasqual.Ī provision in each of the state’s 61 gambling compacts withAmerican Indians says tribes must have their slot machinesoperating a year from the date the machines were licensed or themachines would go back into the pool. Since California Indians were given permission to set up casinoslast year, tribes up and down the state have been scrambling tomeet the May 15 deadline.
The casino, which will be built on the tribe’s reservation inPauma Valley, 12 miles east of Interstate 15 off Highway 76, willalso provide employment for about 650 people. Pauma’s $40 million, 65,000-square-foot casino will have 850slot machines, 24 game tables, a restaurant and a lounge.
