The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA
or the Act), 25 U.S.C. 2701, et seq., laid out a comprehensive
framework for the regulation of gaming on Indian lands. Amongst
other actions necessary to carry out the Commission’s statutory
duties, the Act directs the Commission to monitor class II gaming
conducted on Indian lands on a continuing basis in order to ensure
that the Indian tribe is the primary beneficiary of the gaming
operation and to protect such gaming as a means of generating
tribal revenue, and to assure that gaming is conducted fairly and
honestly by both the operator and players. 25 U.S.C. 2702(2),
2706(b)(1). The Act allows Indian tribes to use “electronic,
computer, or other technologic aids” to conduct class II gaming
activities. 25 U.S.C. 2703(7)(A). The Commission has promulgated
part 547 of title 25, Code of Federal Regulations, to aid it in
monitoring class II gaming facilities that use electronic,
computer, or other technologic aids to conduct class II
gaming.
US Code:
25
USC 2701 Name of Law: Indian Gaming Regulatory Act
The Commission has made the
following adjustments to its estimated burdens: (a) the Commission
has increased the number of estimated annual responses from 500 to
685. The primary reason for this increase is due to the fact that
in January 2018, the commission completed a modification of three
rules associated with this IC. Two Commission rules governing the
tribal use of “grandfathered” Class II machines – rules 547.5(b)(2)
and 547.5(b)(5) – were consolidated into one, 547.5(a)(2). Also,
part of 547.5(c), which governs the tribal use of Class II machines
(and not simply “grandfathered” machines), was partly broken off
and moved into the now vacant 547.5(b)(2). Therefore, two rules for
the (small subset of) grandfathered Class II machines were
consolidated into one and one rule for governing all
(non-grandfathered) Class II machines was expanded into two. For
this reason, the number of estimated respondents increased and the
number of responses, concomitantly, increased; and, (b) the
Commission has decreased its estimate of burden hours and this is
primarily due to the fact that the average hours per response for
547.5(c) decreased from 6 hours to 2 hours. This estimated decrease
was based on tribal feedback. Anecdotally, there is evidence that,
as tribes move more towards electronic gaming management system for
Class II games, record keeping requirements decrease.
$4,800
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No
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Uncollected
Tim Osumi 202 632-7054
tim_osumi@nigc.gov
No
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