Lovelin Poncho, Chairman 

Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana 

P.O. Box 818 

Three Miles North Road 

Elton, Louisiana 70804 - 

Dear Chairman Poncho: 

This letter responds to your request to review and approve 

the tribal gaming ordinance adopted on August 30, 4994,, and 

amended on November 2, 1994, by the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana 

(Tribe). This letter constitutes such approval under the Indian 

Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA). 

Under the IGRA and the regulations of the National Indian 

Gaming Commission (NIGC), the chairman is directed to review 

ordinances with respect to the requirements of the IGRA and the 

implementing regulations. Thus, the scope of the Chairman's 

review and approval is limited to the requirements of the IGRA 

and the NIGC regulations. ~rovisions other than those required 

under the IGRA or the NIGC regulations that may be included in a 

tribal ordinance are not subject to review and approval. Also, 

such approval does not constitute approval of specific games. I, 

is important to note that the gaming ordinance is approved for I 

gaming only on Indian lands as defined in the IGRA. 

With the Chairman's approval of the ~ribe'6 gaming 

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ordinance, the Tribe is now required to conduct background I investigations on its key employees and primary management 

officials. The NIGC expects to receive aaompleted application 

for each key employee and primary management official pursuant t 

25 C.F.R. 5 556.5(a) and an investigative report on each 

background investigation before issuing a license to a key 

employee or primary management official pursuant to 25 C.F.R. 

§ 556.5(b). 

Thank you for submitting the ordinance of the Coushatta 

Tribe of Louisiana for review and approval. The NIGC staff and 

look forward to working with you and the Tribe in implementing 

the IGRA. 

Siqce d ely yours, 

ALP-- Id A. Monteau 

cc: F. Jeffersori Millican, Esq. 

1850 M STREET. N W. SUITE 250 WASHINGTON. DC 20036 TEL 202.632.7003 TAX 202.632.7066 --"- 
COUSHATTA TRIBE OF LOUISIANA 

RESOLUTION NO. 94- 12 

WHEREAS, the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana is a sovereign Indian Nation and , 

recognized as such by the United States of America, and; 

WHEREAS, the Coushatta Tribal Council is the duly elected governing body of the 

Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana, and; 

WHEREAS, the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana is sovereign entity whose existence 

antedates that of the United States of America and the State of Louisiana, and 

WHEREAS, an inherent part of sovereignty is the raising of revenue, and 

WHEREAS, the Coushatta Tribal Government requires funds for social welfare and 

betterment of its people, and 

WHEREAS, the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, pub.L. 100-497, 25 U.S.C. $2701 et 

seq. authorizes the Tribe to enact an Ordinance to regulate certain types of Class I1 and Class 

I11 gaming activities as defined in that Act on land within the jurisdiction of the Tribe, and 

WHEREAS, the terms of Tribal-State compact governing Class I11 gaming activities on j 

lands within the jurisdiction of the Tribe have been established in accordance with the 

provisions of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, and 

WHEREAS, the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana desires to regulate the conduct of Class 

I1 and Class I11 Gaming Activities on Coushatta. Tribe of Louisiana Reservation by the enactment 

of Rules and Regulations as set forth in Gaming Ordinance 92-01. 

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the Tribal Council that the Gaming 

Ordinance 92-01 be hereby enacted, in obedience to the requirement of section 11 of the Indian 

Gaming Regulatory Act and that any and all previous ordinances and resolutions relating to 

Gaming Codes be repealed, and 

NOW THEREFORE BE IT' FURTHER RESOLVED, that Gaming Ordinance 92-01 

includes all tribal gamiig regulations pursuant to 25 C.F.R. $552.2 (d), and 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Chairman, be and hereby is designated as agent 

for service of process, and as official recipient of a written communication reflecting the gaming 

activities of the Tribe, and that the agents address is P. 0. Box 818, Three Miles North Powell 

Road, Elton, Louisiana, 70804, and the agents official domicile is at the Tribal Center, and 
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the dispute resolution procedures contained in the 

Tribal-State Compact apply to both Class I1 and Class I11 gaming activities, and 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Louisiana State Police Department has been duly 

designed as the law enforcement agency to take fingerprints and process fingerprint cards 

pursuant to 25 C.F.R. 555.2. (h), and 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Lovelin Poncho, as the Chairman of the Coushatta 

Tribe of Louisiana, is hereby authorized and directed to execute and deliver such other 

documents and take such other actions as may be necessary and appropriate to carry out the 

foregoing resolutions. 

CERTIFICATION 

This resolution was duly acted upon by the following Council Members at a 

meeting held on 8-30-94 

J. D. LAN , 

BEVERLY ~ONCHO, Secretary-treasurer CARL 

ABSENT 

RODERICK JOHN, member 
REVISED AND RESTATED 

COUSHATTA TRIBE OF LOUISIANA 

GAMING ORDINANCE NO. 92-01 

1. Title. This Ordinance shall be known as the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana Gaming 

Ordinance. It is promulgated pursuant to governmental authority of the Coushatta Tribe of 

Louisiana. This Ordinance includes all Tribal Gaming Regulatory pursuant to 25 C.F.R. 8 

522.2 (d) 

2. Purpose. The government of the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana (herein and after 

"Tribe"), empowered by the governmental authority set forth by the Tribe to enact ordinances, 

under the Coushatta Alliance Charter issued by the State of Louisiana and filed April 13, 1973 

and Tribal Ordinance No. 1: An Ordinance to Establish Election Rules and Procedures of the 

Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana adopted April 16, 1987, hereby enacts this ordinance in order to 

set the terms for Class I1 and Class I11 gaming operations on tribal lands including lands 

acquired by the United States in trust for the benefit of the Tribe after October 17, 1988(a) if 

the Secretary of the Interior ("Secretary") has determined such lands to be contiguous to the 

Tribe's Reservation pursuant to the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, Public Law 100-447, 

920(a)(l), 25 U.S.C. §2719(a)(l) ("IGRA"), or (b) if the Secretary has made the determination 

required by 920 (b)(l)(A) of the IGRA, 25 U.S.C. §2719(b)(l)(A), and the Governor of 

Louisiana has concurred in such determination. 

3. Gaming Authorized. Class I1 and Class I11 gaming defined in the Indian Gaming 

Regulatory Act, P. L. 100-477, 25 U.S.C. $2703 (7) (A) and 2703 (8)("IGRA) and by the 

regulations promulgated by the National Indian Gaming Commission at 25 C.F.R. Section 502.3 

(as published in the Federal Register at 57 FR 12382-12393, April 9, 1992) is hereby 

authorized. 

4. owners hi^ and Regulation of Gaming. The Tribe shall have the sole propriety 

interest in and responsibility for the conduct of any gaming operation authorized by this Gaming 

Ordinance. Such gaming activity shall be regulated by the Tribal Commission on gaming. 

5. Use of Gaming; Revenue. 

(a) Net revenues as defined in 25 C. F.R. Section 502.16 from Class I1 and Class 

I11 gaming shall be used only for the following purposes: to fund tribal 

government operations and programs; provide for the general welfare of the Tribe 

and its members; promote tribal economic development; donate to charitable 

organizations; or help fund operations of local government agencies. 

(b) If the Tribe elects to make per capita payments to tribal members, it shall 

authorize such payments only upon approval of a plan submitted to the Secretary 

of the Interior under 25 U. S. C. Section 2710 (b) (3). 
6. Audit. 

(a) The Tribe shall cause to be conducted annually an independent audit of 

gaming operations and shall submit the resulting audit reports to the National 

Indian Gaming Commission. 

(b) All gaming related contracts that result in the purchase of supplies, services, 

or concessions in excess of $25,000.00 annually, except contracts for professional 

legal and accounting services, shall be specifically included within the scope of 

the audit that is described in subsection A. above. 

7. Protection of the Environment. Public Health and Safety. The Tribe shall ensure that 

Class I1 and Class I11 gaming facilities shall be constructed, maintained and operated in a manner 

that adequately protects the environment, public health and safety. 

8. Garnin~ Commission. There is hereby created the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana 

Commission on Gaming (hereinafter the "Commission"). The Commission shall consist of three 

(3) citizens of Louisiana, all of whom shall be appointed by the Tribal Chairman with the 

authorization of the Council of the Tribe. The Commission members may be members of the 

Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana. The initial members to be appointed shall draw lots to see who 

holds the two four-year terms and the one two-year term. Thereafter, each member shall serve 

no more than two consecutive full terms. The Commission shall select among its members, a 

chairperson who shall preside over the meeting of the Commission. The Commission members 

may be removed, upon substantive proof of wrong doing by majority vote of the Council of the 

Tribe. 

Any member whose removal is sought shall be entitle do be notified in writing 

at least three (3 ) days before any vote shall be taken regarding that member's removal. Any 

person so notified may request an informal hearing before the Council prior to a vote on this or 

her removal from the Commission. 

9. Gaming Commission Rule-Making Authority. The Commission may promulgate rules 

for the orderly transaction and conduct of its business and the substantive rules that it may 

determine proper concerning the issuance, revocation, and suspension of gaming licenses, the 

conduct and operation of the gaming activities and any other things necessary to carry out the 

purposes of this Ordinance. The Commission may also promulgate rules necessary to other 

investigations and inspections into the conduct of the games and the licenses and the maintenance 

of the equipment as the Commission may deem necessary and proper. 
10. Gaming Commission Meetings. The Commission may hold regular and special 

meetings at such times and places as it may deem convenient, but at least one regular meeting 

shall be held quarterly. A majority of the appointed members constitute a quorum of the 

Commission, and a special meeting may be called by any two members. 

10.1 Puruoses for Executive or Closed Meetings. The Commission may hold executive 

or closed meetings for any of the following purposes: 

(a) Considering applications for licensing when discussing the background 

investigations or personal information; 

(b) Meeting with gaming officials of other jurisdictions, the Attorney General 

and law enforcement officials relating to possible criminal violations; 

(c) Consulting with the Executive Secretary, employees and agents of the 

Commission concerning possible criminal violations; 

(d) Deliberations after hearing evidence on an informal consultation of a 

contested case necessary to reach a decision; and 

(e) Discussing business strategies of a licensee or pricing strategies of a licensee 

or an applicant for a license if public discussion may be harmful to the 

competitive position of the licensee or applicant for a license for the purpose of 

overseeing and defining gaming contracts. 

11. Executive Secretarv of Commission. The Commission shall appoint an Executive 

Secretary who shall be responsible for the conduct of the Commission's administrative matters. 

The Commission shall enter into a contract of employment and set the annual salary of the 

Executive Secretary. 

12. Commission Powers. 

(a) Issue licenses, oversee and define the contract of the licensees; 

(b) Inspect and examine all premises where gaming is conducted or gaming 

devises or equipment are sold or distributed; 

(c) Inspect, examine, and photocopy all papers, books, and records of applicants 

and licensees and require verification of income, and all provisions of this 

Ordinance; 

(d) Contract for such legal counsel to advise it as it may choose; 

(e) Suspend, or revoke for cause, any gaming license; and 
(f) Require all primary management personnel and key employees of all 

management personnel to undergo investigations. 

(g) Enforce preferential treatment to Native Americans, then persons domiciled 

in the State of Louisiana, as per the provisions of the Tribal-State Compact. 

13. Ap~eal of Commission Actions. Any action of the Commission is subject to appeal 

to a court of competent jurisdiction. Notice of Appeal shall be filed in writing with the 

Commission and Clerk of Court, within ten (10) days from written notice of any action of the 

Commission. Failure to timely file an appeal shall make the action final. 

14. Disclosure Reauired. A disclosure of total ownership document shall be required 

to accompany all applications for licenses as an operator. 

15. Approval of Licenses. The Commission may approve or disapprove any application 

for license, depending upon whether it deems the applicant a suitable person to hold the license 

and whether it considers the proposed location suitable. Among other things, failure of the 

applicant to provide information necessary to allow consideration into his background, is grounds 

for denial of the license. 

16. Conflict of Interest. No officer, agent, or employee of the Commission may hold 

a license under this Ordinance if the duties of such office, agency, or employment have to do 

with the enforcement of the gaming laws and rules. This prohibition applies to the Commission, 

all of its employees and all law enforcement officials and officers. No licenses may employ any 

person in any capacity while that person is in the employment of a law enforcement agency or 

the Commission. 

17. Application Fee. The Commission may establish an application fee which shall 

include the cost of investigation. The fee may vary with the type of license for which 

application is made and is non-refundable. The application form will be promulgated by the 

Commission and shall include a waiver of any right of confidentiality and shall allow access to 

law enforcement records of any state. The waiver of confidentiality shall extend to any financial 

or personnel record wherever maintained. 

18. Reimbursement to Commission for Investigation. Any applicant for a license under 

this Ordinance shall reimburse the Commission for any costs of investigation over and above the 

initial licensure fee charged at the time of application to determine if he is a suitable licensee 

under this Ordinance. By signing and filing an application for a license, the applicant authorizes 

the Commission to obtain information from other states regarding prior license applications, or 

conduct of the applicant of any of its shareholders, partners, agents, or employees in those 

, states. The State and the National Indian Gaming Commission shall be notified of the results 

of all such investigations. 
19. Licensee for Kev Employees and Primary Manapement Officials. The Commission 

shall ensure that the policies and procedures set out in this section are implemented with respect 

to key employees and primary management officials employed at any Class I1 or Class I11 

gaming enterprise operated on Indian Lands. 

A. Definitions - for the purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: 

1. Key employee means: 

a. A person who performs one or more of the following functions: 

(1) Bingo caller 

(2) Counting room supervisor 

(3) ' Chief of security 

(4) Custodian of gaming supplies or cash 

(5) Floor manager 

(6) Pit boss 

(7) Dealer 

(8) Croupier 

(9) Approver of credit 

(10) Custodian of gambling devices including persons with 

access to cash and accounting records within such 

devises; or 

b. If not otherwise included, any other person whose total cash 

compensation is in excess of $50,000.00 per year; or 

c. If not otherwise included, the four most highly compensated 

persons in the gaming operation. 

2. Primary management official means: 

a. The person having management responsibility for a management 

contract; 

b. Any person who has authority; 

(1) To hire and fire employee; or 

(2) To set up working policy for the gaming operation; or 

c. The chief financial officer or other person who has financial 

management responsibility. 
B. Application forms 

1. The following notice shall be placed on this application form for a key 

employee or a primary management official before that form is filled out 

by an applicant: 

In compliance with the Privacy Act of 1974, the following information is 

provided: solicitation of the information on this form is authorized by 25 

U.S.C. 2701 et seq. The purpose of the requested information is to 

determine the eligibility of individuals to be employed in a gaming 

operation. The information will be used by National Indian Gaming 

Commission members and staff who have need for the information in the 

performance of their official duties. The information may be disclosed to 

appropriate Federal, Tribal, State, local, or foreign law enforcement and 

regulatory agencies when relevant to civil, criminal or regulatory 

investigations or prosecutions or when pursuant to a requirement by a 

tribe or the National Indian Gaming commission in connection with the 

hiring or firing of an employee, the issuance or revocation of a gaming 

license, or gaming operation. Failure to consent to the disclosures 

indicated in this notice will result in a tribe's being unable to hire you in 

a primary management official or key employee position. 

The disclosure of your social security number (SSN) is voluntary. 

However, failure to supply a SSN may result in errors in processing your 

application. 

2. Existing key employees and primary management official shall be 

notified in writing that they shall either: 

a. Complete a new application form that contains a Privacy Act 

notice; or 

b. Sign a statement that contains the Privacy Act notice and 

consent to the routine uses described in that notice. 

3. The following notice shall be placed on the application form for a key 

employee or a primary official before that form is filled out by an 

applicant. 

A false statement on any part of'your application may be grounds for not 

hiring you, or for firing you after you begin work. Also, you may be 

punished by fine or imprisonment. (U.S. Code, Title 18, Section 1001). 

4. The commission shall notify in writing existing key employees and 

primary management officials that they shall either: 
a. Complete a new application form that contains a notice 

regarding false statements; or 

b. Sign a statement that contains the notice regarding false 

statements. 

C. Background Investigations 

1. The Commission shall request from each primary management official 

and from each key employee all of the following information: 

a. Full name, other names used (oral or written), social security 

number(s), birth date, place of birth, citizenship, gender, all 

languages (spoken or written); 

b. Currently and for the previous 5 years; business and 

employment positions held, ownership interests in those businesses, 

business and residence addresses, and drivers license numbers; 

c. The names and current addresses of at least three personal 

references, including one personal reference who was acquainted 

with the applicant during each period of residence listed under 

paragraph (l)(b) of this section; 

d. Current business and residence telephone numbers; 

e. A description of any existing and previous business 

relationships with Indian tribes, including ownership interests in 

those businesses; 

f. A description of any existing or previous business relationships 

with the gaming industry generally, including ownership interests 

in those businesses; 

g. The name and address of any licensing or regulatory agency 

with which the person has filed an application for a license or 

permit related to gaming, whether or not such license or permit was 

granted; 

h. For each felony for which there is an ongoing prosecution or 

each conviction, the charge, the name and address of the court 

involved, and the date and disposition if any; 
i. For each misdemeanor conviction or ongoing misdemeanor 

prosecution (excluding minor traffic violations) within 10 years of 

the date of the application, the name and address of the court 

involved and the date and disposition; 

j. For each criminal charge (excluding minor traffic charges), 

whether or not there is a conviction, if such criminal charge is 

within 10 years of the date of the application and is not otherwise 

listed pursuant to paragraph (l)(h) or (l')(j) of this section, the 

criminal charge, the name and address of the court involved and 

the date and disposition; 

k. The name and address of any licensing or regulatory agency 

with which the person has filed an application for an occupational 

license or permit, whether or not such license or permit was 

granted; 

1. A current photograph; 

m. Any other information the Tribe deems relevant; and 

n. Fingerprints consistent with procedures adopted by the Tribe 

according to 25 C.F.R. Section 522, 2(h), will be taken by the 

Louisiana State Police Department. 

2. The Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana through the Commission as set forth herein shall 

be solely responsible for the conduct of the background investigations and the suitability of the 

determination as determined herein. The Commission shall conduct a sufficient investigation to 

make a determination under subsection D. below. In conducting a background investigation, the 

Commission shall promise to keep confidential the identity of each person interviewed in the 

course of the investigation. 

D. Eligibility Determination - The Commission shall review a person's prior 

activities, criminal record, if any, and reputation, habits and associations to make 

a finding concerning the eligibility of a key employee or primary management 

official for employment in a gaming operation. If the Commission determines that 

employmeilt of the person poses a threat to the public interest or to the effective 

regulation or gaming, or creates or enhances dangers of unsuitable, unfair, or 

illegal practices and methods and activities in the conduct of gaming, a tribal 

gaming operations shall not employ that person in a key employee or primary 

management official position. 
E. Procedures for Forwarding Applications and Reports for Key Employees and 

Primary Management Officials to the National Indian Gaming Commission: 

1. When a key employee or primary management official work at a 

gaming operation authorized by this ordinance, the Commission shall 

forward to the National Indian Gaming Commission a completed 

application for employment and conduct the background investigation and 

make the determination referred to in subsection D of this section. 

2. The commission shall forward the report referred to in subsection F. 

of this section to the National Indian Gaming Commission within 60 days 

after an employee begins work or within 60 days of the approval of this 

ordinance by the Chairman of the National Indian Gaming Commission. 

3. The Commission shall not employ as a key employee or primary 

management official a person who does not have a license after 90 days. 

F. Report to the National Indian Gaming Commission: 

1. Pursuant to the procedures set out in subsection E. of this section, the 

Commission shall prepare and forward to the National Indian Gaming 

Commission an investigative report on each background investigation. An 

investigative report shall include all of the following: 

a. Steps taken in conducting a background investigation; 

b. Results obtained; 

c. Conclusions reached; and 

d. The basis for those conclusions. 

2. The Commission shall submit, with the report, a copy of the eligibility 

determination made under subsection D. of this section. 

3. If a license is not issued to an applicant, the Commission: 

a. Shall notify the National Indian Gaming Commission; and 

b. May forward copies of its eligibility determination and 

investigative report (if any) to the National Indian Gaming 

Commission for inclusion in the Indian Gaming Individuals Records 

System. 
4. With respect to key employees and primary management officials, the 

Commission shall retain applications for employment and reports (if any) 

of background investigations for inspection by the Chairman of the 

National Indian Gaming Commission or his or her designation for no less 

than three (3) years from the date of termination of employment. 

G. Granting a Gaming License: 

1. If, within a thirty (30) day period after the National Indian Gaming 

Commission receives a report, the National Indian Gaming Commission 

notifies the Commission that it has no objection to the issuance of a license 

pursuant to a license application filed by a key employee or a primary 

management official for whom the Commission has provided an application 

and investigative &port to the National Indian Gaming Commission, the 

Commission may issue a license to such applicant. 

2. The Commission shall respond to a request for additional information 

from the Chairman of the National Indian Gaming Commission concerning 

a key employee or a primary management official who is the subject of 

a report. Such a request shall suspend the 30-day period under paragraph 

G. 1. of this section until the Chairman of the National Indian Gaming 

Commission receives the additional information. 

3. If, within the thirty (30) day period described above, the National 

Indian Gaming Commission provides the Commission with a statement 

itemizing objections to the issuance of a license to a key employee or to 

a primary management official for whom the Commission has provided 

an application and investigative report to the National Indian Gaming 

Commission, the Commission shall reconsider the application, taking into 

account the objections itemized by the National Indian Gaming 

Commission. The Commission shall make the final decision whether to 

issue a license to such applicant. 

H. License Suspension: 

1. If, after the issuance of a gaming license, the Commission receives 

from the National Indian Gaming Commission reliable information 

indicating that a key employee or a primary management official is not 

eligible for employment under subsection D. above, the Commission shall 

suspend such license and shall notify in writing the licensee of the 

suspension and the proposed revocation. 
2. The Commission shall notify the licensee of a time and a place for a 

hearing on the proposed revocation of a license. . 

3. After a revocation hearing, the Commission shall decide to revoke or 

to reinstate a gaming license. The Commission shall notify the National 

Indian Gaming Commission of its decision. 

20. License Locations. The Commission shall issue a separate license to each place, 

facility, or location on Indian lands where Class I1 or Class I11 gaming is conducted under this 

ordinance. 

21. Age Limit for Plavers. Any participant in any Class I11 authorized games of chance 

shall be twenty-one (21) or older at the time of his or her participation. 

22. Exem~tion from 15 U.S.C. Section 1171. Pursuant to Section 2 of an Act of 

Congress of the United States entitled "An Act to prohibit transportation of gambling devices 

in interstate and foreign commerce", approved January 2, 195 1, designated 15 U.S.C. Sections 

1171 to 1177, inclusive, and in effect January 1, 1989, the Tribe, acting by and through its 

elected members, does hereby, and in accordance with and in compliance with the provisions 

of Section 2 of the Act of Congress, declare and proclaim that it is exempt from the provisions 

of Section 2 of that Act of Congress of the United States as above mentioned, as regards gaming 

devices operated and used within the Reservation. This exemption shall be effective upon the 

execution of a Tribal-State compact for gaming pursuant to the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. 

23. Exem~tion from 15 U.S.C. Section 1171 to 1177. All shipments of gaming 

devices, including video gaming devices, onto this reservation, the registering, recording and 

labeling of which has been duly had by the manufacturer of dealer thereof in accordance with 

Sections 3 and 4 of an Act of Congress of the United States entitled "An Act to prohibit 

transportation of gambling devices in interstate and foreign commerce," approved January 2, 

195 1, designated as 15 U.S.C. Sections 1171 to 1177, inclusive, and in effect on January 1, 

1989, shall be deemed legal shipments thereof, for use only within the Reservation. (This 

section shall take effect upon the execution and approval of a Tribal-State compact pursuant to 

25 U.S.C. Section 11, 1701, et. seq.). This exemption shall be effective upon the execution of 

a Tribal-State compact for gaming pursuant to the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. 

24. Illegal Games and Activities. It is unlawful for any person playing or conducting 

any authorized game of chance, conducted by a licensee to: 

(a) Use bogus or counterfeit chips, tokens, devices or coins; 

(b) Employ or have on one's person any cheating device to facilitate cheating 

in any game of chance; 

(c) Use an fraudulent scheme or technique; or 
d) Have located on the premises, equipment for gaming that is not licensed by 

the Commission under this Ordinance except equipment exempted by the 

Commission, this Ordinance or other statutes. 

25. v. Information and records of the Commission on gaming 

enumerated by this section are confidential and may not be disclosed except pursuant to a court 

order. No person may use a subpoena, discovery or other applicable statutes to obtain such 

information or records. Information and records considered confidential include: 

(a) Tax returns of individual licensees; 

(b) Applications, credit, medical and security reports of applicants for licenses 

and other persons seeking or doing business with the Commission; 

(c) Marketing, financial or sale data, the disclosure of which may be harmful 

to the competitive position of the Tribe tribal gaming, its licensees or persons 

seeking or doing business with the Commission; and 

(d) Audit work papers, worksheets and auditing procedures used by the 

Commission, its agents or employees. 

26. Communications Between Commission and Council. Communications between the 

Commission and the Council relating to licensing, disciplining of licensees, or violations by 

licensees, or violations by licensees are privileged and confidential if made lawfully and in the 

course of and in furtherance of the business of the Commission on gaming, except pursuant to 

court order after an incamera review. The Council, the Commission or any member of the 

Commission may claim this privilege. 

27. Exclusion or Ejection of Certain Persons from Gaming Establishment. The tribe 

hereby declares that the exclusion or ejection of certain persons from licensed gaming 

establishment is necessary to carry out the policies of this Ordinance and to maintain effectively 

the strict regulation of licensed gaming. 

The Commission may provide for the establishment of a list of persons who are 

to be excluded or ejected from any licensed gaming establishment, including any person whose 

presence in the establishment is determined to pose a threat to the interest of the Tribe, the State 

or to licensed gaming. In making the determination for exclusion, the Commission may consider 

any of the following: 

(a) Prior conviction of a felony, a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude or a 

violation of the gaming laws of any state, the United States, any of its possessions 

or territories including Indian Tribes; 
(b) A violation, attempt to violate or conspiracy to violate the provisions of this 

chapter relating to the failure to disclose an interest in a gaming establishment for 

which the person must obtain a license or make disclosures to the Commission; 

or intentional evasion of fees or taxes; and 

(c) Notorious or unsavory reputation that would adversely affect public 

confidence and trust that the gaming industry is free from criminal or corruptive 

influences. 

28. Revision. This ordinance may be revised by Tribal Council certification by quorum 

and subsequent approval by the National Indian Gaming Commission. 

29. Compliance with Tribal-State Compact. The Tribe shall adopt regulations and take 

all actions necessary to ensure that the Class I11 gaming conducted on the lands of the Tribe 

complies in all respects with the Tribal-State Compact for the Conduct of Class I11 gaming 

between the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana and the State of Louisiana. Dispute resolution 

procedures contained in the Tribal-State Compact shall apply to both Class I1 and Class I11 

gaming activities. 

30. Service of Process. The Coushatta Tribal Chairman shall be designated as agent 

for service of process, and as official recipient of a written communication reflecting the gaming 

activities of the Tribe at the following address: P. 0. Box 818, Three Miles North Powell 

Road, Elton, Louisiana, 70804. 

31. Re~eal. To the extent that they are inconsistent with this ordinance, all prior 

gaming ordinances are hereby repealed. 

CERTIFICATE 

I HEREBY CERTIFY that pursuant to Coushatta Ordinance #94-12, the above and 

foregoing is a true and correct copy if the Coushatta Gaming Ordinance as amended this 

day of NOVEMBER , 1994. 

LOVELIN PONCHO 1 Chairman 

YA 

BEVERLY P~NCHO - Secretary