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Measure Criticized For Approving Non-Indian Slot Machines - 2004-01-16
Tribal leaders, shocked at a movement to stop their statewide monopoly on lucrative slot-machine gambling, state that they are committed to fight a proposed ballot measure that would add the one-armed bandits to race tracks and non-Indian card clubs.

The initiative's supporters also feature operators of card clubs, where games such as poker and blackjack are permitted, but not slot machines.
Read the full story at GamblingMagazine.com

Parts of Roseville history available for sale - 2004-01-16
An historic Roseville hotel with an unique past is now for sale. The asking price is $2.2 million.

Owner Ray Phipps has chosen to sell the 93-year-old landmark Barker Hotel and retire.
Phipps remembered the spooky feeling of seeing the casino for the first time. It had blackjack tables, a Greek dice game named “barbudi,” a deli and dance floor, and a phone bank for horse betting.
Read the full story at Roseville Press Tribune, CA