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Rosebud Sioux Tribe continues work on Class III gaming compact

Thursday, March 10, 2016

The exterior of the Rosebud Casino in South Dakota. Photo from Facebook

The Rosebud Sioux Tribe and the state of South Dakota have yet to reach a new Class III gaming compact.

Negotiations have been occurring for at least a year. The parties agreed to two extensions -- one in January and another last August -- to give themselves more more time to come up with a deal.

The Bureau of Indian Affairs approved the latest extension in a notice that was published in the Federal Register on Thursday. The existing compact is now due to expire on August 4.

The 2001 compact limits the tribe to just 250 slot machines at the Rosebud Casino. Meanwhile, non-Indian facilities in Deadwood have exploded from 863 slot machines 1990 to more than 8,200 in 2005.

Tribes are slowly breaking the limit. In 2011, the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe negotiated a compact for 500 machines.

Last year, the Oglala Sioux Tribe negotiated a new compact for 750 machines. It was approved by the BIA in February 2015.

Additionally, tribes are able to offer keno, craps and roulette at their facilities after voters approved Constitutional Amendment Q last year. The initiative applied to Deadwood but the Class III gaming compacts allow tribes to offer the same types of games that are legal in the state.

Federal Register Notices:
Indian Gaming; Extension of Tribal-State Class III Gaming Compact (Rosebud Sioux Tribe and the State of South Dakota) (March 10, 2016)
Indian Gaming; Extension of Tribal-State Class III Gaming Compact (Crow Creek Sioux Tribe and the State of South Dakota) (February 12, 2016)
Indian Gaming [Rosebud Sioux Tribe] (October 5, 2015)
Indian Gaming [Crow Creek Sioux Tribe] (August 18, 2015)
Indian Gaming [Yankton Sioux Tribe] (June 4, 2015)
Indian Gaming [Rosebud Sioux Tribe] (April 23, 2015)