Graton Resort and Casino in Rohnert Park had plans for a massive New Year's Eve party with up to 4,000 guests. It raised red flags for Sonoma County health officials. The event has since been canceled.
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Sonoma County warns about New Year s Eve party for 4,000 at tribal casino: We do not have jurisdiction
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1of3Graton Resort and Casino, Rohnert Park, California, December 5th, 2019. A coalition of Native American tribes is racing to ensure that when legal sports betting arrives in California, wagers can only be placed inside tribal casinos or four horse tracks across the state „ not on mobile phones or laptops. State legislators had been proceeding cautiously toward a state constitutional amendment that would allow gamblers to bet on the 49ers, Warriors and other sports teams while generating hundreds of millions in tax revenues for the state. It would likely allow people to place bets on their cell phones. But the tribesÍ proposal, recently unveiled, steps ahead of the lawmakersÍ plan. Should it make it onto the 2020 ballot and pass, tribes would hold a near-monopoly on sports betting that would sever