The ads using scare tactics have already started to appear. You've probably seen them. I'm talking about the ones against Proposition 5. The ads I'm talking about try to scare voters into thinking that the November ballot measure, Proposition 5, would allow Indian casinos anywhere in the state.
Is it any wonder that these ads were funded by Nevada casinos?
Prop 5 does not in any way change or expand the location of Indian casinos. In fact Prop 5 strictly limits Indian gaming to federally recognized tribal lands. It will allow California tribes to continue to have the types of gaming tribes have on reservations already.
More importantly for you and I, Prop 5 provides revenue sharing with:
The question you need to ask yourself is how are we, as a community, going to replace the dollars that all of our Indian tribes now contribute because of their financial abilities, because of their casino business, if we allow them to be shut down?