Lytton Band denies bid for casino amid speculation in county


The San Pablo Lytton Casino in San Pablo, California. Image from Google Maps

The Lytton Band of Pomo Indians isn't looking to open a casino in Napa County, California, an attorney said.

The tribe extended a $9 million loan to the company that owns the Jamieson Ranch Vineyards. Attorney Larry Stidham said the arrangement is merely a monetary one.

“We don’t have an interest in the business itself,” told The Napa Valley Register.

The tribe operates San Pablo Lytton Casino, a Class II facility in the Bay Area, and has been using gaming revenues to acquire land in its aboriginal territory. Stidham, however, pointed out that those purchases are in a different county.

“We’re trying to create a homeland in Sonoma County, not Napa.” Stidham told the paper.

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