Casino Expansion Plans
The Lyttons' plans for their casino have undergone several changes since inception. In order to operate so-called Class III games, such as slot machines, Native American casinos must negotiate a compact with the state; the Lyttons have revised their casino plans several times in the hopes of procuring such a compact from California. One element of the plan has been the Lyttons' request that the state grant them a monopoly on gaming within a 35-mile (56 km) radius of CSP.
After acquiring Casino San Pablo, the Lyttons announced plans to expand it from 70,000 square feet (6,500 m2) into a 600,000-square-foot (56,000 m2) six- to eight-story casino with up to 5,000 slot machines, bigger than the MGM Grand casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The plan met with bipartisan hostility from the California State Legislature, and the Lyttons revised the figure to 2,500 slots. After failing to procure a compact based on this plan either, the Lyttons instead added 500 "video bingo" machines to CSP, which, as Class II machines, do not require a state compact.
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