Newly minted National Indian Gaming Commission Chairman E. Sequoyah Simermeyer, speaking to the New Mexico Association of Indian Gaming Commissions last week announced a new NIGC Bulletin on Sports Books.
This was one of the first public meetings for the new chairman. It took place at the Santa Ana Star Casino and Hotel near Albuquerque, one of the first tribal casinos to offer a sportsbook.
He told the group, “Clear Agency guidance empowers tribal communities to regulate and develop Indian gaming in their own communities,” adding “today’s Bulletin provides a new resource for tribes contemplating policy considerations related to the sound regulation of sports betting on Indian lands. It also underscores the NIGC’s role in the oversight of sports books on Indian lands as part of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act’s framework.”
Tribal gaming officials have for several years sought guidance from the NIGC on sports betting on Indian lands. The Bulletin is available on the commission’s website: www.nigc.gov.
The chairman added, “It is the NIGC Commissioners’ responsibility to maintain this body of guidance in an informed and transparent manner. An advisory group can only aid the Commission in ensuring that its guidance remains relevant and continues to address the needs of a growing and sophisticated industry.”
