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[Federal Register: September 9, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 175)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

 
Indian Gaming

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Amendment to Approved Tribal-State Compact

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SUMMARY: This notice publishes the Approval of the Sixth Amendment to 
and Extension of the Agreement between the Crow Tribe of Montana and 
the State of Montana concerning Class III Gaming.

DATES: Effective Date: September 9, 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: Pursuant to 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 the approved Tribal-State compacts for the purpose of engaging in 
Class III gaming activities on Indian lands. This Amendment allows the 
Crow Tribe to offer simulcast horseracing and pari-mutuel betting, as 
well as sets forth minimum standards for the operation and licensing of 
the activity in accordance 25 U.S.C. 2710(d)(3)(C)(vi).

    Dated: August 26, 2008.
George T. Skibine,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Economic Development.
[FR Doc. E8-20923 Filed 9-8-08; 8:45 am]

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