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NIGC Seeks Clarification on Regulating Indian Casinos

The National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC) may be no more if nothing is done to clarify its regulatory powers and its affairs with the U.S. Congress and state laws.  Senator John McCain, who is the Senate Indian Affairs Committee chairman, stated that either the Commission be put out of commission or for Congress to delegate the appropriate executive powers to the Commission that it would need to create uniform and fair gambling standards in all tribal casinos.  McCain is a senator for Arizona, and as such, has special concerns for his constituents when they go into one of the several Indian reservation casinos to gamble.

According to NIGC Chairman, Philip Hogen, Congress is taking away the regulatory powers of the NIGC.  He cited a recent case in which Congress ruled that the NIGC could not regulate slot machines, and casino table games at Colorado River Indian Tribe Reservations in Arizona. This is what Senator McCain was addressing when he made his comments that the existence of the NIGC might as well be considered null and void.

Hogen went on to address that the Commission is not seeking more authority in regulating its domain of casinos, but that it simply wants the gambling regulation laws to be spelled out more to insure a continuation of proper communication between the Board and Federal agencies - standard checks and balances, so to speak.  For Congress to step in and say that the NIGC can regulate only certain casinos undermines the Commission's authority and begs one to consider why the NIGC is operating in the first place if Congress is making all the calls.

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