The extraordinary growth of tribal enterprise in California and its contributions to the state's economy has been an amazing and yet untold story.

Both the gaming and the non-gaming business have experienced dramatic success over the past years.

Naturally, tribal gaming has occupied the spotlight and with good reason.

Since the Secretary of the Interior published the tribal-state compacts in May 2000, Indian gaming has grown to a $4 billion industry in California with over fifty tribal casinos.  In May 2000, there were 39 tribal gaming operations with 19,000 gaming devices generating an estimated $900 million per year.