Oddly enough, the numerous television commercials for the new casino never mention an address, they just say the new casino is 'right off highway 65,' by the fairgrounds in Porterville. Just north of Bakersfield we turned off the 99 onto Highway 65, which would take us all the way to Porterville. We treated ourselves to breakfast at the Keene Café, then set out on the 58 to Bakersfield, then caught the 99 north. A couple of days after that my slot-machine loving friend Willie Ray and I decided to go to Porterville to check it out. Perhaps you've seen the commercials on TV about the newly built (and in a new location) Eagle Mountain Casino in Porterville – as advertised, the casino, run by the Tule River Tribe, had its Grand Opening on May 9.
