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Tribe split regarding East Bay casino project - 2004-02-10
A Northern California Indian tribe is damaged by internal strife even as developers have purchased land in unincorporated North Richmond in hopes the tribe could at some time in the future convert to a casino resort.

The city commissioned a $100,000 feasibility study, which was sent out last summer. Although the study concluded Richmond would collect revenue, jobs and business growth from an Indian casino, the attempt stalled out and the tribe started looking for property elsewhere in Contra Costa County.
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Casino neighbors alert of hazards - 2004-02-10
When bingo began at the Mashantucket Pequot reservation in Ledyard, that wasn’t a challenge, Nicholas Mullane, first selectman of North Stonington, informed 120 people assembled in City Hall for a casino forum.

People participating in the forum passed questions to the panel of elected state officials, elected town officials and anti-casino supporters.
Mullane was responding to a question about the Pequot and Mohegan Sun casinos’ effect on his community when he talked about problem gamblers.
Read the full story at News-Times