Mille Lacs to Release Older Casino Audits - 2004-01-28
The Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe is withdrawing from a lawsuit to keep casino information from public view and is consenting to reveal old audits of its gaming operations.

However, the central Minnesota band refuses to disclose more current financial statements.

The Mille Lacs Band sued in 2001 to prevent the state Department of Public Safety from releasing casino audits from the early and mid-1990s. The band claims the audits contain trade secrets.
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Non-Indian Slot Machines Possible - 2004-01-28
Proponents came closer yesterday to getting signatures to put before voters a measure that would end Indian tribes' monopoly on slot machines in California. But the California Police Chiefs Association announced its opposition to permitting slot machines at race tracks and non-Indian card clubs.

The proposal would "dramatically" expand casino gambling, the association said, putting 30,000 slot machines in 16 urban locations in six heavily populated counties. Hollywood Park in Inglewood would become one of the world's largest casinos, and even the smallest casinos would have several hundred slot machines.
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