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Article: Harrah's Entertainment Selected to Develop and Operate Casino on Native American Lands in California.
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- January 18, 2000
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LAS VEGAS, Jan. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Harrah's Entertainment, (NYSE: HET) today announced that one of its subsidiaries signed a letter of intent with the Rincon San Luiseno Band of Mission Indians (Rincon) to develop and operate a $100 million casino and hotel project on Rincon tribal land in Southern California. This is the first agreement reached between a California Indian tribe and a major gaming company.
"Rincon's 600 tribal members are seeking the self-reliance and economic development contemplated under Proposition 1A on March 7, 2000," said John Currier, Tribal Chairman. "This project will enable the Rincon people to emerge from poverty and get off the ...