Officials Seek a Share of Casino Revenue

County officials will attend a Sacramento meeting Wednesday to bid for their share of an estimated $75 million to $125 million siphoned off Chumash Indian casino revenue to offset gambling’s local side effects.

The money is earmarked to fight gambling addiction, to pay for state gaming regulators and to offset gaming’s effects on local governments.

County supervisors said in a letter that only entities directly affected by casinos should get a cut and that the money should cover “capital as well as recurring operational impacts caused by the casino.”