Indian Gaming Law
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After Indian Tribes won the right to regulate gaming within their jurisdictions
in the Supreme Court, Congress passed the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988.
This federal statute created the National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC), and
created certain federal standards for the conduct and regulation of gaming on
Indian lands. The NIGC has responsibility to monitor certain forms of Indian
gaming, approve gaming management contracts, tribal gaming ordinances, and
tribal-state compacts; review background investigations, and conduct audits of
the books and records of Indian gaming operations. The NIGC also has certain
enforcement responsibility for violations of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act,
NIGC regulations, and approved tribal gaming ordinances in conjunction with
other federal and tribal law enforcement agencies. Some forms of Indian gaming
are regulated pursuant to tribal-state compacts adopted pursuant to the Act.
This course will offer an overview of the federal law regulating Indian Gaming,
and the primary legal issues involved in Indian gaming
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