[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 160 (Friday, August 17, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41101-41102]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-17729]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

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Indian Gaming; Approval of Tribal-State Class III Gaming Compact 
Amendments in the State of Oklahoma

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The State of Oklahoma entered into compact amendments with the 
Absentee Shawnee Tribe, Cherokee Nation, Chickasaw Nation, Citizen 
Potawatomi Nation, Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, Iowa Tribe of 
Oklahoma, Kaw Nation, Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Seneca-Cayuga Nation, 
Wichita and Affiliated Tribes, and Wyandotte Nation of Oklahoma 
governing certain forms of class III gaming; this notice announces the 
approval of the State of Oklahoma Gaming Compact Non-house-Banked Table 
Games Supplement between the State of Oklahoma and the Absentee Shawnee 
Tribe, Cherokee Nation, Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Eastern Shawnee 
Tribe of Oklahoma, Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma, Kaw Nation, Muscogee (Creek) 
Nation, Seneca-Cayuga Nation, Wichita and Affiliated Tribes, and 
Wyandotte Nation.

DATES: The compact amendments take effect on August 17, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Paula L. Hart, Director, Office of 
Indian Gaming, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary--Policy and 
Economic Development, Washington, DC 20240, (202) 219-4066.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under section 11 of the Indian Gaming 
Regulatory Act (IGRA) Public Law 100-497, 25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq., the 
Secretary of the Interior shall publish in the Federal Register notice 
of approved Tribal-State compacts for the purpose of engaging in Class 
III gaming activities on Indian lands. As required by IGRA and 25 CFR 
293.4, all compacts and amendments are subject to review and approval 
by the Secretary. The compact amendments authorize the Tribes to engage 
in certain additional class III gaming activities, provide for the 
application of existing revenue sharing agreements to the additional 
forms of class III gaming, and designate how the State will distribute 
revenue sharing funds.


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    Dated: August 9, 2018.
Tara Sweeney,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2018-17729 Filed 8-16-18; 8:45 am]
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