Appendix
Indian Tribes in California With Tribal‑State Gaming Compacts
In 1999 the Governor negotiated and the Legislature approved legislation ratifying a number of tribal‑state gaming compacts between the State and federally recognized Indian tribes. Eventually, the State entered into 61 of these compacts. During fiscal years 2003–04 through 2015–16, the Legislature ratified 12 new tribal‑state compacts and amendments to 20 existing compacts. The 1999‑model compacts specify 2,000 as the maximum number of gaming devices that each tribe can operate. However, post‑1999‑model compacts ratified during fiscal years 2003–04 through 2015–16 contain different provisions regarding the maximum number of gaming devices allowed.
In accordance with audit standards, we are disclosing the existence of information that we have not published because of its confidential nature. As of September 2016, the Gambling Commission reported that the total number of class III gaming devices operated by California Indian tribes was more than 68,000.6 During the course of this audit, and in our prior audit, the Gambling Commission requested that we not provide information on the number of devices operated at each casino, pursuant to the compacts and Section 19821 of the Business and Professions Code, which state that such information should not be publicly disclosed.
Based on these sections of the compacts and state law, we agreed not to provide specific device counts. To provide a minimum level of disclosure, in a previous audit, the Gambling Commission agreed that classifying casinos by size according to ranges of devices would not violate the confidentiality requirements to which the commission is subject. As a result, in Table A, we present casinos by size according to several ranges of devices, as well as the maximum number of gaming devices each compact allows and the year that the Legislature voted to ratify the new or amended compact.
Table A
Indian Tribes in California With Tribal-State Gaming Compacts as of June 2016
County |
Tribe | Year Compact or Most Recent Compact Amendment Was Ratified* |
Casino† | Range of Gaming Devices in Operation (as of September 2016) |
Maximum Number of Gaming Devices Allowed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amador | Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians | 2004 | No | 0 | Unlimited‡ |
| Jackson Rancheria of Miwuk Indians | 2015 | Yes | 1,001 to 2,000 | 1,800 | |
| Butte | Berry Creek Rancheria of Maidu Indians | 1999 | Yes | 351 to 1,000 | 2,000 |
| Mooretown Rancheria of Maidu Indians | 1999 | Yes | 351 to 1,000 | 2,000 | |
| Colusa | Cachil DeHe Band of Wintun Indians of the Colusa Indian Community of the Colusa Rancheria | 2000 | Yes | 1,001 to 2,000 | 2,000 |
| Del Norte | Elk Valley Rancheria | 1999 | Yes | 1 to 350 | 2,000 |
| Resighini Rancheria | 2000 | No | 0 | 2,000 | |
| Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation | 1999 | Yes | 1 to 350 | 2,000 | |
| Yurok Tribe of the Yurok Reservation | 2007 | Yes | 1 to 350 | 99 | |
| El Dorado | Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract) | 2013 | Yes | More than 2,000 | 3,000 |
| Fresno | Big Sandy Rancheria of Western Mono Indians | 1999 | Yes | 1 to 350 | 2,000 |
| Table Mountain Rancheria | 1999 | Yes | 1,001 to 2,000 | 2,000 | |
| Humboldt | Bear River Band of the Rohnerville Rancheria | 2000 | Yes | 1 to 350 | 2,000 |
| Blue Lake Rancheria | 2000 | Yes | 351 to 1,000 | 2,000 | |
| Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of the Trinidad Rancheria | 1999 | Yes | 1 to 350 | 2,000 | |
| Hoopa Valley Tribe | 1999 | Yes | 1 to 350 | 2,000 | |
| Imperial | Quechan Tribe of the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation | 2006 | Yes | 1,001 to 2,000 | 1,100 |
| Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians | 2003 | Yes | 1 to 350 | 2,000 | |
| Inyo | Bishop Paiute Tribe | 2000 | Yes | 1 to 350 | 2,000 |
| Fort Independence Indian Community of Paiute Indians | 2013 | No | 0 | 800 | |
| Kings | Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria | 1999 | Yes | 1,001 to 2,000 | 2,000 |
| Lake | Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians of the Big Valley Rancheria | 1999 | Yes | 1 to 350 | 2,000 |
| Elem Indian Colony of Pomo Indians of the Sulphur Bank Rancheria | 2000 | No | 0 | 2,000 | |
| Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake | 2011 | Yes | 1 to 350 | 750 | |
| Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians | 1999 | Yes | 351 to 1,000 | 2,000 | |
| Robinson Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians | 1999 | Yes | 1 to 350 | 2,000 | |
| Lassen | Susanville Indian Rancheria | 2000 | Yes | 1 to 350 | 2,000 |
| Madera | Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians of California | 1999 | Yes | 1,001 to 2,000 | 2,000 |
| Mendocino | Cahto Tribe | 1999 | Yes | 1 to 350 | 2,000 |
| Coyote Valley Reservation | 2012 | Yes | 1 to 350 | 1,250 | |
| Hopland Band of Pomo Indians | 1999 | Yes | 1 to 350 | 2,000 | |
| Manchester Band of Pomo Indians of the Manchester Rancheria | 2000 | Yes | 1 to 350 | 2,000 | |
| Pinoleville Pomo Nation | 2011 | No | 0 | 900 | |
| Sherwood Valley Rancheria of Pomo Indians | 1999 | Yes | 1 to 350 | 2,000 | |
| Modoc | Alturas Indian Rancheria | 2000 | Yes | 1 to 350 | 2,000 |
| Placer | United Auburn Indian Community of the Auburn Rancheria | 2015 | Yes | More than 2,000 | 3,500 |
| Riverside | Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians of the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation | 2007 | Yes | 1,001 to 2,000 | 5,000 |
| Augustine Band of Cahuilla Indians | 2000 | Yes | 351 to 1,000 | 2,000 | |
| Cabazon Band of Mission Indians | 1999 | Yes | 1,001 to 2,000 | 2,000 | |
| Cahuilla Band of Mission Indians of the Cahuilla Reservation | 1999 | Yes | 1 to 350 | 2,000 | |
| Morongo Band of Mission Indians | 2007 | Yes | More than 2,000 | 7,500 | |
| Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pechanga Reservation | 2007 | Yes | More than 2,000 | 7,500 | |
| Ramona Band of Cahuilla | 2013 | No | 0 | 750 | |
| Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians | 1999 | Yes | 1,001 to 2,000 | 2,000 | |
| Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians | 2000 | Yes§ | 1,001 to 2,000 | 2,000 | |
| San Bernardino | Chemehuevi Indian Tribe of the Chemehuevi Reservation | 1999 | Yes | 1 to 350 | 2,000 |
| Fort Mojave Indian Tribe of Arizona, California, and Nevada | 2004 | No | 0 | 1,500 | |
| San Manuel Band of Mission Indians | 2007 | Yes | More than 2,000 | 7,500 | |
| San Diego | Barona Group of Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians of the Barona Reservation | 2000 | Yes | 1,001 to 2,000 | 2,000 |
| Campo Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Campo Indian Reservation | 1999 | Yes | 351 to 1,000 | 2,000 | |
| Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay Indians | 1999 | No | 0 | 2,000 | |
| Jamul Indian Village | 2000 | No | 0 | 2,000 | |
| La Jolla Band of Luiseno Mission Indians | 1999 | No | 0 | 2,000 | |
| La Posta Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the La Posta Indian Reservation | 2003 | No | 0 | 350 | |
| Manzanita Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Manzanita Reservation | 1999 | No | 0 | 2,000 | |
| Pala Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pala Reservation | 2004 | Yes | 1,001 to 2,000 | Unlimited‡ | |
| Pauma Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pauma and Yuima Reservation | 2004ll | Yes | 1,001 to 2,000 | Unlimited‡ | |
| Rincon Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Rincon Reservation | 2013 | Yes | 1,001 to 2,000 | 2,250 | |
| San Pasqual Band of Digueno Mission Indians | 1999 | Yes | 1,001 to 2,000 | 2,000 | |
| Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation | 2015 | Yes | More than 2,000 | 2,500 | |
| Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel | 2003 | No | 0 | 350 | |
| Viejas (Baron Long) Group of Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians of the Viegas Reservation | 2014 | Yes | 1,001 to 2,000 | 4,500 | |
| Santa Barbara | Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation |
2015 | Yes | More than 2,000 | 2,500 |
| Shasta | Pit River Tribe (includes XL Ranch, Big Bend, Likely, Lookout, Montgomery Creek, and Roaring Creek Rancherias) | 2000 | Yes | 1 to 350 | 2,000 |
| Redding Rancheria | 1999 | Yes | 351 to 1,000 | 2,000 | |
| Siskiyou | Karuk Tribe | 2014 | No | 0 | 1,500 |
| Sonoma | Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians | 1999 | Yes | 1,001 to 2,000 | 2,000 |
| Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria | 2012 | Yes | More than 2,000 | 3,000 | |
| Tehama | Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians | 1999 | Yes | 351 to 1,000 | 2,000 |
| Tulare | Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Reservation | 2000 | Yes | 1,001 to 2,000 | 2,000 |
| Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria | 1999 | Yes | 1,001 to 2,000 | 2,000 | |
| Tuolumne | Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians | 2000 | Yes | 1 to 350 | 2,000 |
| Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria | 1999 | Yes | 1,001 to 2,000 | 2,000 | |
| Yolo | Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation | 2004 | Yes | More than 2,000 | Unlimited‡ |
Sources: California Gambling Control Commission (Gambling Commission) website, Gambling Commission, and tribal-state compacts.
* Date the executed compact was ratified by the Legislature or by the voters through the referendum process.
† Although under compacts they have the authority to operate a casino, some tribes do not.
‡ These tribes may operate an unlimited number of devices as long as they pay additional fees per gaming device.
§ This tribe has casino locations in both Riverside and San Bernardino.
ll In October 2015, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit concluded that Pauma’s 2004 amendment was rescinded.
Therefore, the tribe is subject to the 1999 compact for purposes of payment obligations.
Footnotes
6 Class III gaming includes lotteries, certain card games, and slot machines. Gaming device means a slot machine.Go back to text