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Posted: Nov 8, 2018

Management contract for Elk Grove’s tribal casino approved

Elk Grove Citizen

The National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC) on Oct. 31 approved a management contract for the proposed Wilton Rancheria tribal casino-resort at Highway 99 and Kammerer Road. This deal is between the Wilton Rancheria and casino company Boyd Gaming.
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Posted: Nov 2, 2018

NATIONAL INDIAN GAMING COMMISSION APPROVES WILTON RANCHERIA’S MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT

For Immediate Release

The Chairman of the National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC) on October 31, 2018, signed and approved the management agreement between Wilton Rancheria and Boyd Gaming to build a resort and casino on the Tribe’s trust land in Elk Grove, California.
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Posted: Jun 5, 2018

Interior Dept. Must Allow Review of Tribal Casino Land Docs

Courthouse News Service

After losing a challenge in February to the Interior Department’s decision to set aside land for a tribal casino, a nonprofit will be allowed to assess whether the government wrongly withheld documents from the court record.
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Posted: Mar 2, 2018

FEDERAL JUDGE REJECTS CHALLENGE TO U.S. DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR’S WILTON RANCHERIA LAND-IN-TRUST DECISION

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

A federal judge in Washington, D.C., late Wednesday rejected a challenge to the U.S. Department of Interior’s January 2017 decision to place land into trust for Wilton Rancheria in Elk Grove, CA.
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Posted: Mar 2, 2018

Federal judge rejects challenge against EG casino land trust

Elk Grove Citizen

A federal judge on Feb. 28 denied a lawsuit that attempted to stop land from being placed into a federal trust for the Wilton Rancheria’s proposed Elk Grove casino-resort.
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Posted: Mar 2, 2018

Lawsuit opposing $500 million Elk Grove casino is thrown out

Sacramento Business Journal

A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has rejected activist group Stand Up California’s suit claiming that a decision to put land into trust for the Wilton Rancheria tribe’s proposed casino in Elk Grove was not valid.
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Posted: Mar 2, 2018

Elk Grove casino clears key legal hurdle as judge dismisses lawsuit

Sacbee.com

A federal judge dismissed a challenge by casino opponents, including gambling watchdog Stand Up for California, to a federal decision that placed 35.9 acres into a trust for the tribe.
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Posted: Feb 26, 2018

Brown named first Native American LSJUMB mascot

The Standford Daily

Selected by current members of the Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band (LSJUMB), Brown is the first Native American student to be selected as the Tree, the Band’s mascot.
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Posted: Feb 7, 2018

U.S. Department of the Interior Publishes Federal Register Notice of Wilton Rancheria-State of California Gaming Compact

The U.S. Department of the Interior has published a Federal Register notice approving Wilton Rancheria's Class III Tribal Gaming Compact with the State of California. The compact agreement allows the Tribe to operate a resort and casino in Elk Grove. The notice was published in the Federal Register issue of Jan. 22, 2018.
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Posted: Jan 25, 2018

Federal government formalizes approval of $500 million Elk Grove casino

Sacramento Business Journal

The effort by the Wilton Rancheria tribe to develop a $500 million casino resort in Elk Grove on Monday received formal approval from the federal government on Monday, as the tribe's compact with the state of California was published in the Federal Register.
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