Notice2025-22802
Indian Gaming; Approval by Operation of Law of the Addendum to Tribal-State Compact for Control of Class III Blackjack on the Lower Sioux Community Reservation in the State of Minnesota for Class III Card Games
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Published
December 15, 2025
Effective
December 15, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentIndian Affairs Bureau
Abstract
This notice announces the approval by operation of law of the Addendum to Tribal-State Compact for Control of Class III Blackjack on the Lower Sioux Community Reservation in the State of Minnesota for Class III Card Games (Amendment) governing the operation and regulation of class III gaming activities.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 238 (Monday, December 15, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 58049]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-22802]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
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Indian Gaming; Approval by Operation of Law of the Addendum to
Tribal-State Compact for Control of Class III Blackjack on the Lower
Sioux Community Reservation in the State of Minnesota for Class III
Card Games
AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the approval by operation of law of the
Addendum to Tribal-State Compact for Control of Class III Blackjack on
the Lower Sioux Community Reservation in the State of Minnesota for
Class III Card Games (Amendment) governing the operation and regulation
of class III gaming activities.
DATES: The amendment takes effect on December 15, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Troy Woodward, Acting Director,
Office of Indian Gaming, Office of the Assistant Secretary--Indian
Affairs, Washington, DC 20240, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#de97b0bab7bfb099bfb3b7b0b99ebcb7bff0b9b1a8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="125b7c767b737c55737f7b7c7552707b733c757d64">[email protected]</span></a>; (202) 219-4066.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988, 25
U.S.C. 2701 et seq., (IGRA) provides the Secretary of the Interior
(Secretary) with 45 days to review and approve or disapprove the
Tribal-State compact governing the conduct of class III gaming activity
on the Tribe's Indian lands. See 25 U.S.C. 2710(d)(8). If the Secretary
does not approve or disapprove a Tribal-State compact within the 45
days, IGRA provides the Tribal-State compact is considered to have been
approved by the Secretary, but only to the extent the compact is
consistent with IGRA. See 25 U.S.C. 2710(d)(8)(D). The IGRA also
requires the Secretary to publish in the Federal Register notice of the
approved Tribal-State compacts for the purpose of engaging in class III
gaming activities on Indian lands. See 25 U.S.C. 2710(d)(8)(D). As
required by 25 CFR 293.4, all compacts and amendments are subject to
review and approval by the Secretary.
This Amendment permits the Tribe to operate class III card games on
the Tribe's Indian lands. The Secretary took no action on the Amendment
within the 45-day statutory review period. Therefore, the Amendment is
considered to have been approved, but only to the extent it is
consistent with IGRA. See 25 U.S.C. 2710(d)(8)(C).
William Henry Kirkland, III,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2025-22802 Filed 12-12-25; 8:45 am]
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