Dan Morain [reg req’d] has an interesting article on California Indian gambling:

A strong majority of Californians believes Indian tribes that own casinos should pay more of their gambling revenue to the state, and does not want card rooms and horse tracks to gain slot machines, a Los Angeles Times poll shows.
The findings come four years after voters overwhelmingly approved gambling on Indian reservations. Now, gambling interests are preparing for an initiative war that could break the tribes’ monopoly on Nevada-style casinos. In addition, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is negotiating with tribes to get heftier payments for the state in exchange for the right to obtain more slot machines.

Dan Gillmor constructively comments on the LA Times proper use of “gambling” rather than the PR oriented term “gaming”. Such marketing wordsmithing is more commonplace than ever.