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Lee Allen wrote on the message board: > One tribe two casinos: Quechan Casino Resort in Winterhaven, > California, > and Paradise Casino in Yuma, Arizona. > > If you walk out of the Quechan Tribe’s Arizona casino, the > California state line is only 18 inches away, so it made business > sense to have a casino in both states. > > Today the 45,000-acre reservation that straddles the lower Colorado > River, just north of the Mexican border, houses two bustling gaming > houses—Paradise Casino in Yuma, Arizona, and Quechan Casino Resort > in Winterhaven, California. > > It’s been 20 years since the Quechan Tribe of the Ft. Yuma Indian > Reservation entered the field of gaming with their 300-seat bingo > hall. In 1996, the tribe expanded operations, opening Paradise Casino, > which initially offered 475 slots, live poker, keno and bingo, and a > full-service restaurant. > > Thanks to the area’s warm winter temperatures, the casino > capitalizes on the cold weather tourism trade, additionally aided by > Interstate 8, which several million cars traverse annually on their > way to and from Phoenix and San Diego. > > To accommodate growing consumer demand, the tribe debuted Quechan > Casino Resort on the other side of the state line in 2002, just six > minutes from Yuma, where they could offer table games under California > State law. > > The newest addition was deemed a “Mediterranean Oasis in the > Desert” by YumaSun.com, with the Casino City Times describing it as > “a transformation of sand-covered hills into a new $200 million > casino-resort.” > > Charles Montague, Sr., Quechan Tribal member and general manager of > Paradise Casinos (Lee Allen) > Tribal member Charles Montague Sr., general manager of Paradise > Casinos, says: “It was a wise move to put two casinos close > together, because, initially, Arizona didn’t have any table games, > but California did. It was an economic boom time and gamers showed up > left and right.” > > Quechan Casino Resort’s nearly 3,000-square-foot gaming space houses > 1,000 gaming machines and two-dozen table and poker games, open 24/7. > Table games include six-deck and double-deck Blackjack, Pai Gow and > Three Card Poker, while eight live poker tables deal Texas Hold‘em > and Omaha Hi-Low splits. High-rollers are awarded VIP treatment in the > region’s only high-limit room with multi-denomination reel slot > machines, video reel slots, Keno and video poker machines and > double-deck Blackjack. > > Two restaurants are available to feed hungry gamers—Sidewinders > Grill and Ironwood Steakhouse—and 166 guest rooms (including eight > 800-square-foot suites) await exhausted gamers and other consumers who > partake in the resort’s other entertainment options. > > The 20,000-square-foot Pipa Event Center is one of the area’s > largest venues for entertainment, special events and meetings with a > full-size stage and seating for 2,300. Paradise Casino on Quechan > Drive in Yuma keeps its 500 new and classic slot machines humming by > continuing to add new floor games. > > Despite a drop in gaming participation during the recession, the > casinos have contributed to the tribe’s economic vitality. > “Looking at both properties, our trips are up over last year at > Quechan Casino Resort and substantially up at the Paradise > facility,” says Montague. > >
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