Slot Machine-Style VLTs - Asta La Vista Baby!

If you look like a slot machine, and play like a slot machine then you are a slot machine according to 'Governator' Arnold Schwarzenegger. The California Governor has given two Indian tribes, the Morongo and Pechanga bands 60 days to remove video lottery terminals (VLTs) that are basically no different from poker machines except for some of the games involved and a slight variation in the way they operate (which would be irrelevant for players and most observers.)

Schwarzenegger says that the machines which were "virtually indistinguishable from slot machines" were unauthorized under the agreements the tribes have with the State of California.

Here are some links on the issue:

Schwarzenegger remains at odds with Indians
The Desert Sun, CA
LOS ANGELES -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger might have beaten back ballot measures aimed at expanding gambling in California, but ...

Governor: Video lottery must go
The Desert Sun, CA
By Debra Gruszecki. Two Riverside County tribes have gotten a 60-day notice from Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s legal affairs secretary ...

Schwarzenegger's office accuses tribes of violating gambling ...
San Jose Mercury News, CA
RIVERSIDE, Calif. - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's office warned two Riverside County Indian tribes that they were violating state ...

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