A Lake County Indian tribe has signed a gaming compact with Gov. Jerry Brown that allows as many as 750 slot machines.

The Habematolol Pomo tribe’s land is in Upper Lake, about 80 miles north of Santa Rosa and 75 miles west of Colusa on Highway 20. The 215-member tribe plans to open its Running Creek Casino by Jan. 1, according to its website.

The compact allows a maximum of 750 slot machines. But tribal chairwoman Sherry Treppa told the Sacramento Bee that the casino will open with 349 slot machines, six poker tables, a restaurant, fast food court and cocktail lounge.
The agreement allows the tribe to keep all profits from up to 350 machines. The tribe is required to pay the state seven percent of its profits from machines 351-600 and 15 percent of profits from machines 60-1 to 750.

The compact supersedes a 2009 agreement negotiated by Gov. Schwarzenegger that was rejected by Bureau of Indian Affairs because it violated the federal Indian gaming Regulatory Act.
— Staff and wire reports