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The Gaming Commission continued its work in 1996, approving in January the only applicant for the East Chicago license, a group led by Showboat, Inc., [51] a Michigan City casino in April, to be built by the operator of an East Dubuque, Illinois riverboat, [52] and in May, a Caesars World casino in Harrison County. [53]
Gaming control boards also have complete authority to grant or deny licenses to gaming establishments, their ownership, employees, and vendors. Generally, in order to obtain a license, an applicant must demonstrate that they possess good character, honesty and integrity. License application forms typically require detailed personal information.
Indiana: Machines 40 years or older legal Iowa: Machines 25 years or older legal Kansas: Machines before 1950 legal Kentucky: All machines legal Louisiana: Machines 25 years or older legal Maine: All machines legal Maryland: Machines 25 years or older legal Massachusetts: Machines 30 years or older legal Michigan: Machines 25 years or older legal
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The NIGC monitors Class II gaming on Native lands on a continuing basis through inspection, investigation, access to records, and contracts. [15] As for Class III gaming, all contracts must be approved by the chairman of the NIGC. 200 of the 562 federally recognized tribes created Class III gaming of large casinos and high jackpots. [12]
Thus, the emergence of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act came on October 17, 1988. The act itself was an attempt to provide regulation while maintaining tribal sovereignty. The only "sticky" problem had to do with casino -style gambling.
The U.S. Department of Justice and the Department of the Interior also have responsibilities related to gaming and Indian gaming, respectively. The commission is an independent regulatory agency, but works closely with the Department of Justice and the Department of the Interior on matters of game classification and Indian lands questions. [ 2 ]
The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (Pub. L. 100–497, 25 U.S.C. § 2701 et seq.) is a 1988 United States federal law that establishes the jurisdictional framework that governs Indian gaming.