The Picayune Rancheria Band of Chukchansi Indians opened the $150 million Chukchansi Gold Resort & Casino in August 2003. The property is about 35 miles north of downtown Fresno near Yosemite National Park. The 56,000-square-foot casino features 1,800 slot machines and 46 gaming tables. Its 3 Peaks Poker Room hosts World Poker Tour satellite tournaments and free poker lessons weekly. The hotel's 400 rooms offer views of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and include hot tubs, plasma TV sets and video-game consoles. Nativo's Italian Restaurant and the Vintage steakhouse are among the property's seven restaurants.
Chukchansi Gold Resort & Casino
711 Lucky Lane
Coarsegold, CA 93614
(866) 794-6946
chukchansigold.com
Mono Wind Casino is a 10,000-square-foot property with 350 slot machines, eight gaming tables and one restaurant about 40 miles northeast of downtown Fresno. The Big Sandy Rancheria Band of Western Mono Indians opened the casino in 1996. The tribe signed a contract with Ceasars Entertainment in 2004 to build a $250-million casino resort, but the plan was scuttled the following year when Ceasars merged with Harrah's Entertainment. The casino was closed for a few weeks in 2005 and raided by the Fresno County Sheriff's Department in 2008 in a lingering battle over a wrongful-termination judgment in favor of a former general manager.
Mono Wind Casino
37302 Rancheria Lane
Auberry, CA 93602
(559) 855-4350
monowind.com
The Table Mountain Rancheria Band of Indians opened its casino about 25 miles northeast of downtown Fresno as a bingo hall in 1987. The 250,000-square-foot casino includes 2,000 slot machines, 38 gaming tables, 10 poker tables and a 700-seat bingo hall. The property includes three restaurants--Eagle's Landing Restaurant, Mountain Feast Buffet and TM Cafe. Table Mountain hosts national headliners in its Indoor Event Center, and local bands on the Promotions Stage.
Table Mountain Casino
8184 Table Mountain Road
Friant, CA 93626
(800) 541-3637
tmcasino.com
