[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 98 (Monday, May 24, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27889-27890]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-10877]


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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 Compacts 
in the State of Arizona

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice publishes the approval of the class III gaming 
compacts between each of the following Tribes and the State of Arizona 
(State): The Ak-Chin Indian Community; Cocopah Tribe of Arizona; 
Colorado River Indian Tribes of the Colorado River Indian Reservation; 
Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation; Fort Mojave Indian Tribe of Arizona, 
California & Nevada; Gila River Indian Community of the Gila River 
Indian Reservation; Havasupai Tribe of the Havasupai Reservation; 
Hualapai Indian Tribe of the Hualapai Indian Reservation; Kaibab Band 
of Paiute Indians; Navajo Nation; Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona; 
Quechan Tribe of the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation; Salt River Pima-
Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt River Reservation; San Carlos 
Apache Tribe of the San Carlos Reservation; San Juan Southern Paiute 
Tribe of Arizona; Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona; Tonto Apache Tribe 
of Arizona; White Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation; 
Yavapai-Apache Nation of the Camp Verde Indian Reservation; and the 
Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation.

DATES: The compacts take effect on May 24, 2021.

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, [email protected], (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 25 CFR 293.4, all 
compacts and amendments are subject to review and approval by the 
Secretary. The Compacts permit various types of gaming, including video 
devices, house banked card games, off-track pari-mutuel wagering, 
dealer controlled electronic games, sports

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wagering, fantasy sports contests, and live table games on the Tribes' 
Indian lands. The Compacts include provisions requiring the Tribes to 
pay the State from the Tribes' net win in exchange for substantial 
exclusivity in the State and for regulatory costs. The Compacts provide 
that the Tribes will have the responsibility to administer and enforce 
regulatory requirements. The Compacts are approved.

Bryan Newland,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2021-10877 Filed 5-21-21; 8:45 am]
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