Gaming tribe seeks to expel tenth of its own - 2004-02-01
The Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians in Southern California wants to drop 10 percent of its members, making them ineligible to receive casino profits that now amount to at least $120,000 annually.

The 130 people in question are fighting to retain their tribal membership, seeking a federal court ruling to prevent individual members of the tribe's enrollment committee from dumping them.
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Las Vegas hotels cancel Super Bowl parties - 2004-02-01
Some of Las Vegas' largest hotel-casinos are canceling Super Bowl parties and issuing refunds to thousands of guests after the NFL threatened legal action against those broadcasting the title game on big-screen TVs.

Several hotels received letters last week informing them their parties were "unauthorized use of NFL intellectual property."

NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said the league only recently became aware of large parties planned in Las Vegas and elsewhere around the country.
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