An extension of the Class III gaming compact between the Rosebud Sioux Tribe and the state of South Dakota recently was approved by the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs. Agreed to on August 6, the extension will be in effect through February 6, 2016, allowing all parties additional time to negotiate any compact changes.
Under the previous 2001 compact, the tribe was limited to 250 slot machines at its Rosebud Casino, located just north of the Nebraska border. However, non-Indian facilities as well as Native American are increasing the number of games offered. For example, casinos in Deadwood grew from 863 slots in 1990 to more than 8,200 in 2005. In 2011, the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe negotiated a compact for 500 machines. And in 2014, the Oglala Sioux Tribe and the state agreed to 750 machines in their new compact which was approved by the BIA in February.
Furthermore, under the voter-approved Constitutional Amendment Q which passed last year, tribes now may offer at their casinos the same types of games that are legal throughout the state, including keno, craps and roulette.
