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Panel doubts growth of California casinos - 2004-02-05
The growth of California's tribal casinos is still doubtful given a new governor and a handful of measures that could bring serious changes in the years ahead, a panel of industry experts stated Wednesday.

Seven tribes are bargaining with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, which could impact how the rest of the state's tribes run their casinos, insisted Howard Dickstein, a Sacramento, Calif.-based lawyer representing three of the tribes.
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No regular business - 2004-02-05
Who, the highly serious investigators asked, is Al Phillips?
This was the question that International Game Technology Senior Vice President and General Counsel Dave Johnson had been summoned across the country to respond.

Isn't it strange, he added, that he would suffer less scrutiny as head of a nursing home with direct responsibility regarding the lives of patients than as head of a major gambling company, distantly omitted from the players on the casino floor?
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