FROM THE ARCHIVE
Column: Gambling with Chief Winaton at Cache Creek
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2003

"For the handful of you who have never been to Cache Creek — and you are a very lucky group of individuals — let me paint a picture of how the thing works.

Four to six individuals — college kids — usually in varying degrees of intoxication, drive 45 minutes to an hour out to Godknowswhere.

Once in the boonies, they walk straight to the ATM machine, empty out last month’s savings, and then proceed to lose it all. Well, to be fair, usually one person comes back a winner. But it’s Indian gaming; the reality is that everyone is a loser."

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Russ Fagaly — Chief Winaton and his drunks (The California Aggie 2/18)