While the initiative is primarily being used as a way to get thetribes to share some of their winnings with the state government,passage of the initiative could give Ocean’s Eleven the right tooperate 800 slot machines.
The initiative is called the Gaming Revenue Act of 2004, and itslanguage was certified by the state in January. The initiative would allow 30,000 new slot-machines atselected racetracks and cardrooms in the state if Indian tribesrefuse to give the state 25 percent of their profits.
“If (we) don’t like where they are, (we) can move them into theredevelopment area,” Jepsen said in an interview Thursday, addingthat moving the casino would require the city to change itsredevelopment law to allow casinos in the downtown.īob Moyer, the general manager of Ocean’s Eleven, said the movewould depend on a state initiative that could be on this November’sballot.
It is the only cardroomcurrently permitted under the city’s code. Several council members seemed to be receptive to the idea.Ocean’s Eleven Casino is not an actual casino, but a cardroom withgames such as blackjack and poker.
