Indian Gaming

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identifier: "/us/fr/E7-23885"
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title: "Indian Gaming"
title_number: 0
title_name: "Federal Register"
section_number: "E7-23885"
section_name: "Indian Gaming"
positive_law: false
currency: "2007-12-10"
last_updated: "2007-12-10"
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generator: "[email protected]"
agency: "Interior Department"
document_number: "E7-23885"
document_type: "notice"
publication_date: "2007-12-10"
agencies:
  - "Interior Department"
  - "Indian Affairs Bureau"
fr_citation: "72 FR 69706"
fr_volume: 72
effective_date: "2007-12-10"
fr_action: "Notice of approved Tribal--State Class III gaming compact."
---


#  Indian Gaming

**AGENCY:**

Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

**ACTION:**

Notice of approved Tribal—State Class III gaming compact.

**SUMMARY:**

This notice publishes the Approval of the Tribal—State Compact between the State of Montana and the Fort Belknap Tribe.

**DATES:**

*Effective Date:* December 10, 2007.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**

George T. Skibine, Director, Office of Indian Gaming, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary—Policy and Economic Development, Washington, DC 20240, (202) 219-4066.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**

Under Section 11 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988 (IGRA) Public Law 100-497, 25 U.S.C. § 2710, the Secretary of the Interior shall publish in the *Federal Register* notice of approved Tribal—State compacts for the purpose of engaging in Class III gaming activities on Indian lands. The Compact allows Class III gaming as a means of promoting tribal economic development, self-sufficiency and strong tribal governments, and also honors the policy of the State of Montana to maintain a uniform regulatory climate that assures players, owners, tourists, citizens and others that gambling in Montana is fair and protected from corrupt influences.

Dated: November 16, 2007.

Carl J. Artman,

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.