Senate Indian Affairs Committee offers draft online gaming bill

Thursday, July 26, 2012

UPDATE: TRIBAL ONLINE GAMING ACT OF 2012:
Summary of SCIA Internet gaming bill | Draft of SCIA Internet gaming bill

The Senate Indian Affairs Committee offered a draft of its Internet gaming bill to members of the National Indian Gaming Association on Wednesday.

Staffers provided a copy of the 49-page bill to tribal leaders who are attending NIGA's legislative summit in Washington, D.C. The summary states that Indian gaming has created 628,000 jobs across the country.

"We recognize the SCIA has worked diligently to provide a discussion draft bill on internet gaming," NIGA Chairman Ernie Stevens Jr. said in response. "Our organization welcomes this opportunity to analyze the discussion draft and we will immediately consult with tribal leadership.”

Internet gaming will be discussed at an SCIA hearing this afternoon at 2:15pm.

Committee Notice:
OVERSIGHT HEARING on Regulation of Tribal Gaming: From Brick & Mortar to the Internet (July 26, 2012)