NIGC delays effective date of Class II standards for another year

Monday, September 13, 2010  

The National Indian Gaming Commission has delayed the effective date of Class II regulations for another year

The Bush administration proposed the Minimum Internal Control Standards for Class II games. Tribes, mainly in Oklahoma, objected to the imposition of more rules that they said would hurt their business.

The Obama administration put the rules on hold last year and said they would go into effect this October. But after talking with tribes, the NIGC said it needed more time to work on the standards.

“As a new Commission, one of our main priorities is strengthening our government-to-government relationship with tribes,” NIGC Chairwoman Tracie Stevens said in a press release. “It’s important to us that we work collaboratively with tribes to protect the integrity of the Indian gaming industry. The extension of the deadline is a direct result of our outreach and communication with tribes and it further underscores our efforts towards a thorough regulatory review

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