DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Indian Gaming
AGENCY:
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.
ACTION:
Notice of Approved Tribal-State Compact.
SUMMARY:
This notice publishes approval of the 2009 Amendments to the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians (“Tribe”) and the State of Wisconsin Gaming Compact of 1991.
DATES:
Effective Date:
June 17, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Paula L. Hart, Acting 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 of 1988 (IGRA), Public Law 100–497, 25 U.S.C. 2710, 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. This Amendment allows the Tribe to play poker and other card games; pari-mutuel, keno, craps and other dice games; roulette, big wheel and other wheel games; and electronic and video facsimile versions of any authorized game. This Amendment also allows for a 25-year term limit with an automatic 25-year renewal unless served notice of nonrenewal.
Dated: June 9, 2009.
Larry Echo Hawk,
Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.