25 CFR § 502.10 - Gaming operation.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t25/s502.10"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "25 CFR § 502.10 - Gaming operation."
title_number: 25
title_name: "Indians"
section_number: "502.10"
section_name: "Gaming operation."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL INDIAN GAMING COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
part_number: "502"
part_name: "DEFINITIONS OF THIS CHAPTER"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "25 U.S.C. 2701"
regulatory_source: "57 FR 12392, Apr. 9, 1992, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "502"
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# 502.10 Gaming operation.
*Gaming operation* means each economic entity that is licensed by a tribe, operates the games, receives the revenues, issues the prizes, and pays the expenses. A gaming operation may be operated by a tribe directly; by a management contractor; or, under certain conditions, by another person or other entity.