"There's a new player in the fierce battle over Indian gaming in the Bay Area, where three small tribes are already vying to build Vegas-like casinos within miles of each other in economically depressed west Contra Costa County.

The deep-pocketed Mills Corp. has purchased a controlling 50 percent stake in Richmond's Hilltop Mall -- and from the looks of things, it's all with an eye toward luring an Indian tribal partner to build a casino on an undeveloped 10-acre portion of the property."

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Matier and Ross: Firm sees Hilltop Mall as possible casino site (The San Francisco Chronicle 9/8)