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)
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