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Pechanga Resort Casino is a Native American casino on the Pechanga Indian Reservation adjacent to the city of Temecula, California. It is one of the largest casino/resorts in the United States, with more than 5,400 slot machines and approximately 200,000 sq ft (19,000 m 2 ) of gaming space.
Morongo is one of only six AAA four-diamond casino resorts in California, with Barona Casino, Viejas Casino, Pechanga Resort and Casino, Thunder Valley Casino Resort and the Chumash Casino Resort being the others. Morongo's main casino floor is 148,000 square feet (14,000 m 2) with over 2,000 slots and table games.
Native American gaming comprises casinos, bingo halls, slots halls and other gambling operations on Indian reservations or other tribal lands in the United States. Because these areas have tribal sovereignty , states have limited ability to forbid gambling there, as codified by the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988.
The government of Riverside County, California, attempted to shut down the bingo hall. The tribe joined with the Cabazon Band of Mission Indians in suing the local government, a case that eventually was decided by the U.S. Supreme Court .
The 1978 Pechanga Constitution states that members must prove "descent from original Pechanga Temecula people." [ 20 ] In 1996, however, the tribal council tightened the rules, declaring that members had to have an ancestor from the subset of Temecula who relocated to the Pechanga valley where the reservation was established.
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Pechanga Arena is an indoor arena in San Diego, California. Opened in 1966, it is an example of New Formalism architecture and has been designated by the City of San Diego as a historic resource. [ 6 ]