Sycuan Hearing Postponed

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Posted by James Sweeney September 10, 2008 10:08 AM
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SACRAMENTO - California's gambling commission on Wednesday postponed a closed-door hearing on allegations that the Sycuan band of El Cajon has violated its gaming agreement with the state.

Although the matter has been pending since June, the commission recently received a response from the tribe and needed additional time to review the material, a commission spokeswoman said. No new date for a hearing has been set.

Sycuan has been operating more than 200 bingo-based gaming devices that are considered slot machines by the National Indian Gaming Commission, commission investigators concluded.

That would put the tribe over the 2,000-slot limit in its 1999 compact. Sycuan negotiated a new deal two years ago that authorizes up to 5,000 slots, but had not ratified it. The latter agreement requires the tribe to pay more to the state, a minimum $18 million more before it adds a single machine.