On Monday, we found out that a former security official sued the tribe after he was fired in February, allegedly after reporting problems with the gambling operation.
The tribe's internal gaming commission is investigating and some of the employees involved were suspended, but then came more news of alleged hanky-panky. Kind of takes the sport out of it, doesn't it? If there's no chance of defeat, is gambling as much fun? In December, Tribal Chairman Vincent Armenta allegedly took a few buddies to the casino, where they proceeded to gamble with house money. Who knows what goes on within the confines of the casino, but the news out of the American Indian tribe's wildly successful gambling hall makes you wonder if everything's on the up and up. I've done the former, but I have very little hope of the latter, and maybe that explains why I had my pockets emptied the few times I gambled in Santa Ynez. I make the occasional trip to Las Vegas, but I know better than to count on victory.įor that, you apparently have to go to the Chumash casino, and you have to know powerful people. I think gambling is a lot of fun, but I try to never let it get out of hand, which is a good thing, because I'm no Amarillo Slim.
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