I'm so impressed with the research that went into this book, ... I know Joel is a solid reporter -- after all, he did great work for us in the late 1980s -- but I want to commend him for a truly fine work of journalism.

This research is the first ever conducted that provides an interdisciplinary and detailed assessment of the effects of Indian gaming on tribes, on their surrounding neighbors, and on the State of California. Policy makers have consistently asked for this kind of study and now they have it.

I'm so impressed with the research that went into this book. I know Joel is a solid reporter -- after all, he did great work for us in the late 1980s -- but I want to commend him for a truly fine work of journalism.

In our early October projections, we went out on a limb. There was a warm weather bias, but our research showed differently.

The quieter things were, the more things were going on,

The thing that surprises me the most is that people are telling me it's a page-turner. I was worried the story might be too complex for that,