AUG - 9 2011 

Interim Chairman Leo Stewart 

Boatd of Trustees 

Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation 

464 1 1 Timine Way 

Pendleton, OR 97 80 1 

Re: Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Inclian Reservation 

Gaming Code Amendment 

Dear Chairman Stewart: 

This letter responds to your letter, dated June 27,20 1 1, and received on July 5,20 1 1, 

seeking the NIGC's review and approval of an amendment to the Gaming Code of the 

Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation ('Tribe'"). The amendment, 

adopted by Resolution No. 1 1-06 1, incorporates minor changes to the Tribe's Keno 

operations and clarifies the records retention requirements for casino personnel files. 

We appreciate that the Tribe brought these amendments to our attention. The Tribe's 

amend4 ordinance is approved, as it is consistent with the requirements of the Indian 

Gaming Regulatory Act and the NIGC 's regulations. If you have any questions or 

require assistance, please contact Katherine Zebell, Senior Attorney, at (202) 632-7003. 

Sincerely, 

Tracie L. Stevens 

Chairwoman 

cc: Daniel Hester, Esq. 

Attorney fox the Tribe 
RESOLUTION NO. 1 1-06 X 

TOPIC: Gaming Code Amendment 

Department: Gaming Commission 

Exhibits: 1 

Page 1 of 2 

CERTIFICATE 

The undersigned, Leo Stewart and N. Kathryn Brigham, hereby certify that they are the Interim 

Chairman and Secretary, respectively, of the Board of Trustees of the Confederated Tribes of the 

Umatilla Indian Reservation, and at a regular meeting of said Board of Trustees at the Board 

Chambers of the Nixykwii Governance Center, Mission, Oregon, on the 27th day of June, 201 I, 

a quorum of said Board was present and the following Resolution was regularly moved, 

seconded, and adopted by a vote of 6 for, 0 against, and 0 abstaining. 

RESOLUTION 

WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees is the governing body of the Confederated Tribes of the 

Umatilla Indian Reservation (Confederated Tribes) by the authority of Article VI, 

Section 1 of the Constitution and Bylaws of the Confederated Tribes, adopted on 

November 4, 1949 and approved on December 7,1949, as amended; AND 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Article VI, Section l(d) of the Constitution and Bylaws, the powers of 

the Board of Trustees include the authority "to promulgate and enforce statutes 

governing the conduct of all persons and activities within the boundaries of the 

Umatilla Indian Resenration.. . "; AND 

WHEFtEAS, by Resolution No. 94-14 (February 22, 1994), the Board of Trustees enacted the 

Confederated Tribes' Gaming Code, which was subsequently amended by 

Resolution No. 99- 1 02(December 1 5, 1999), Resolution No. 0 1 - 1 0 1 (October 1, 

2001), Resolution No. 04-46 (July 12, 2004); and by Resolution No. 09-042 

(February 23,2009); AND 

WHEREAS, the Gaming Code establishes the standards to govern the conduct of gaming 

activities on Confederated Tribes' lands and establishes the Confederated Tribes' 

Gaming Commission to implement those standards, oversee gaming activities on 

Tribal lands, and promulgate regulations governing such gaming; AND 

WHEREAS, the Gaming Commission has informed the Board of Trustees that minor 

amendments nced to be made to the Gaming Code at Section 1.09 (Prizes) to have 

the Keno prize collection provisions revised so that they are consistent with our 

current Keno operations and the capability of the system used by Wildhorse's 

Keno contractor; and to Gaming Code Section 5.01 (Records Maintenance) to 

clarify what Wildhorse personnel records are to be maintained and for how long, 

AND 

WHEREAS, the Gaming Commission adopted resolutions on April 27, 201 1 and June 15,20 1 1 

requesting that the Board of Twees enact the attached amendments to Section 

1 -09 and Section 5.0 1 of the Tribal Gaming Code; 
RESOLUTION NO. 11-061 

TOPIC: Gaming Code Amendment 

Department: Gaming Commission 

Exhibits: 1 

Page 2 of 2 

WHERIEAS, the Board of Trustees has determined that the attached amendments to the 

Gaming Code are in the best interest of the Confederated Tribes and would 

protect the integrity of gaming operations on Tribal lands; AND 

WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees reviewed the proposed amendments to Section 1.09 and 

Section 5.01 of the CTUIR Gaming Code attached to this Resolution as Exhibit 1 

at a work session on May 25,201 1 ; AND NOW THEREFORE BE IT 

RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees hereby approves the amendments to Section 1.09 and 

Section 5.01 of the Tribal Gaming Code as set forth in Exhibit 1 to this Resolution 

which shows all deleted language lwe&kw& and all new Ianguage underlined; 

AND BE IT FINALLY 

RIESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees hereby directs that the amended Gaming Code be 

submitted to the Nationd Indian Gaming Commission for review and approval as 

required by federal law, 

Board of Trustees 

AND, that said Resolution has not been modified amended or repealed and is still in full force 

and effect. 

ATTEST: 

DATED this 27fh day of June, 20 1 1. 

N. ~&t-yn rib, ~ecrktary 

Board of Trustees 

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Exhibit 1: Gaming Code Amendments 
Exbibit I to ResoIntion 11-061 

Topic: Gaming Code Amendments 

Department: Gaming Cemmission 

June 20,2011 

GAMING CODE AMENDMENTS 

A. No Assignments. The right of any Person to a Prize is pasonal and may 

not be assigited. 

B. Unclaimed and IIlegal Prizes. 

1. An unclaimed Prize of a Class I1 or Class IZX Gaming activity 

sha i 1 be retained by the Tribal Gaming Operation, and be available 

to the winner of the Prize, for ninety days afta the Prize is 

available to ?x claimed except as folIows: 

a Any Off Track Betting Prize must be collected within 90 

days after the end of the race meet. 

b. Any Keno Prize must be collected as follows: 

A Any ticket of 1 %t~ 20 race Prize must be . - ~wmatted: M (Default) T- plew m, k~lected within 30 days of hk-dit6 th= Kei6 tick&- is -- i 12pt, Fmtcolor: Red 

issued; and 

ii. A Any ticket of 21 and above race Prize must be 

collected within %&=days the Keno ticket is issued. 

Any person who fails to claim a Prize during such time shall forfeit 

dl rights to the Prize and the Prize shall become the property of the 

Tribes. The Gaming Operation shall provide patrons with 

adequate notice of the applicable redemption period for all Prizes. 

3. Prim are conditioned on lawful lay of games and ma not be 

awarded to a Player when obtainetin violation of this d or any 

regulations promulgated thereunder. Any prize won by a Person 

under the age of eighteen (la), or in the case of Class 111 games under the age of twenty-one 21), shall not be awarded to my underage Player playin in vio I ation of section 1.08 of this Code. 

Any such Prim shaf be awarded to the Tribes, and the 

ap roxirnate consideration id by the underaged Pla er shall be 

r&nded to the Player. EY dispute arising out o?a decision 

regarding payment of a Prize ursuant to this rovision must be 

resolved pursuant to section g01 of this ~otfe and applicable reguf ations. 
55-01 Records Maintenance 

A. The Tribal king Operation shall maintain acce 

and up-to-date records for each gaming actlvtty 

conducted. I 

B . Records shall include records of: 

1. All financial transactions; 

2. All gaming machine testing, malfunctions, maintenance and repairs; 

4. Complaints of patrons and resolution thereof; 

5. Tribal Gaming Opetation in-house 

investigations of incidents and accidents of any 

kind; 

6.- Actions by Tribal Gaming Operation against Players or facility visitors; 

7. Actions by Tribal Gaming Operation against or 

in reprimand of employees; 

8. Tax records or information provided to the State 

or Federal government as required by the 

Corn* or Federal law. 

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