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Mark Nichols
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Administrator of the Cabazon Tribal Council who inherited the position from his brother John Paul Nichols in 1989. 2026-10-09
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relative_of John Paul Nichols brother 1
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employed_by Cabazon Indian Casino bingo parlor manager 1984 3
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employed_by Cabazon Indian Reservation chief executive officer 1989 4

Mark Nichols inherited the position of administrator of the Cabazon Indian Reservation from his brother, John Paul Nichols, in 1989.1

Los Angeles Magazine reported in September 1983 that Mark Nichols was present while his father, Dr. John Philip Nichols, related how Rocco Zangari came to the Cabazon Indian Casino; the article quotes him on the casino ("This place is such a mom-and-pop organization it's ridiculous") and on Fred Alvarez ("I would describe him as a sociopath").2 Gaming & Wagering Business of October 1984 identifies him as the Cabazons' bingo parlor manager and quotes him that the Cabazons "have not experienced a whole lot of direct heat out of Vegas."3

The Press-Enterprise of July 29, 1989 names him chief executive officer for the Cabazons; of Don Speer, charged that month in Los Angeles County, he said: "We are of a mind to see his innocence, however." The same article reports that Southwest Gaming Inc. lifted the tribe out of bankruptcy court in March 1988 with a loan to pay off creditors.4 On September 20, 1989 the paper quoted him on the dismissal of the charges: "We're glad (Speer) is not going to jail or be sentenced."5

Footnotes

  1. Seymour, Cheri. The Last Circle: Danny Casolaro’s Investigation into the Octopus and the PROMIS Software Scandal. First Edition. TrineDay, 2010. ↩︎

  2. Jan Golab, "Close-Up," Los Angeles, September 1983, pp. 116 to 128. Reprinted in FBI Los Angeles file 183A-LA-1746, Section 1. https://archive.org/details/JohnPhilipNichols ↩︎

  3. Gaming & Wagering Business, October 1984. Reprinted in FBI Los Angeles file 183A-LA-1746, Section 1. https://archive.org/details/JohnPhilipNichols ↩︎

  4. The Press-Enterprise (Riverside, California), July 29, 1989, p. B-1, "Poker club firm chief accused of embezzling." Reprinted in FBI Los Angeles file 183A-LA-1746, Section 1. https://archive.org/details/JohnPhilipNichols ↩︎

  5. The Press-Enterprise (Riverside, California), September 20, 1989, p. B-1, "Felony charges being dropped in poker club case." Reprinted in FBI Los Angeles file 183A-LA-1746, Section 1. https://archive.org/details/JohnPhilipNichols ↩︎