[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 70 (Tuesday, April 12, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21667-21668]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-07754]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

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Indian Gaming; Approval of Forest County Potawatomi Community 
Tribal-State Class III Gaming Compact With the State of Wisconsin

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice publishes the approval of the 2022 Amendment and 
Extension to the Forest County Potawatomi Community of Wisconsin and 
the State of Wisconsin Class III Gaming Compact (Amendment) providing 
for Class III gaming between the Forest County Potawatomi Community 
(Tribe) and the State of Wisconsin (State).

DATES: The Amendment takes effect on April 12, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Paula L. Hart, Director, Office of 
Indian Gaming, Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs, 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

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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 Amendment provides for on-
reservation remote and retail sports wagering consistent with minimum 
internal control standards and rules of play agreed to by the State and 
the Tribe; extends the term of the compact to 2061; authorizes the 
Tribe to offer any form of table, electronic, or mechanical game; 
clarifies the existing Disaster Clause to include pandemics and 
provides a clear formula for the calculation of the reduction in 
revenue sharing payments if a facility is forced to close; contains 
several technical changes including removing obsolete language; and 
includes a forward looking provision which positions the Tribe to offer 
state-wide hub and spoke event wagering if State law is changed to 
allow such gaming, another Tribe's compact with the State authorizes 
such gaming, and the Tribe's Compact is amended. The Amendment is 
approved.

Wizipan Garriott,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs, Exercising by 
delegation the authority of the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2022-07754 Filed 4-11-22; 8:45 am]
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