I didn't gamble any when I lived up there, but you'd have to drive a couple hours (like sacramento or sonoma county) just to get to a Indian casino, and those are going to be isolated from each other and have mediocre or poor games.
Making the extra push to Reno would be a consideration. For instance, a while ago I was working in Sacramanto, like 15 minutes from Thunder Valley, and I looked it up on CBJN and simply passed on playing.