Two men with ties to a Utah polygamous sect, and who own a casino in Lake Elsinore, Calif., should receive more time to apply for gambling licenses or sell to a cousin, an administrative law judge says.
It’s the latest move in a two decade saga over the legal standing of the small casino attached to a motel. The “proposed decision” was more favorable than not to the Lake Elsinore Casino, which also has operated as the Sahara Dunes Casino.
While Administrative Law Judge Theresa M. Brehl said the casino and its owners should not yet be awarded a permanent gambling license, she criticized California’s regulators for delays and not explaining to the owners everything they needed to apply for licenses.