[Federal Register: January 7, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 4)]
[Notices]               
[Page 1229]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

 
Indian Gaming

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Deemed Approved Tribal-State Class III Gaming 
Compact.

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SUMMARY: This notice publishes the Deemed Approved Compact between the 
Seminole Tribe of Florida and the State of Florida.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 7, 2008.

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 authorizes the 
Seminole Tribe to operate slot machines, any banking or banked card 
game, poker, any devices or games that are authorized under State law 
to Florida State lottery and any new game authorized by Florida law. 
The term of the compact is 25 years. The Assistant Secretary--Indian 
Affairs, Department of the Interior, through his delegated authority, 
is publishing notice that the Compact between the Seminole Tribe of 
Florida and the State of Florida is now in effect.

    Dated: December 31, 2007.
Carl J. Artman,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. E7-25628 Filed 1-4-08; 8:45 am]

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