California Tribal casinos generated $4.2 billion in 2003
At about 21 stories tall, Harrah's Rincon Casino and Resort's new hotel addition towers over virtually all other North County structures. It could easily be a symbol for the state's booming American Indian gambling industry. When completed in mid-December, the hotel in Valley Center will have 650 rooms to accommodate an ever-growing demand for Indian gambling in the county, which has eight other tribal casinos dotting rural areas. And more are planned. Such projects fueled California's Indian gambling revenues in 2003, according to an Indian Gaming Industry Report released recently by a private consulting firm. The state's gambling tribes generated $4.2 billion in revenue last year. .[more]