"Once again, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger promised the moon and settled for an asteroid. Not a bad asteroid — not a real clinker — mind you, but one offering considerably less than lunar glow. In fact, the most interesting parts of the tentative deal between Schwarzenegger and the Indian tribes that own about 1/10th of the state's casinos have little to do with the increased state funding the governor was after.
The money details are well known by now — more gambling profits from Indian tribe-owned casinos will go to the state as "fees," and the casinos get to add all the slot machines they want, paying an additional fee (not a tax, of course) for each machine." Get the Story: