Tony Sancbc~. Ir-. 

President 

Semitlo!~ Tribc of-l~lorida. 11-t~. 

63 00 Stirling Road 

Holly\vood. FI, 31024 

This in response LO your December 13, 20 t 2 1et:er seeking a lcgnl opinion from the 

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furnished in the December 1 3 letter is not specific enough to 

address every issue tha arise under IGM. Far examply Seminole 

Tribe of FLotida, and participating tribes must &sure that 1G.-. I .l.--,,,,.. , waue 

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are met,'' ss well as addms the various compact requirements of tbc sws 

t-inds will be placed. That being said, the basic structure of the game 

in the letter, does not raise any immediate mmmms. So lo gu~gmcis 

urnduct4 in licensed fpeilitdl located on Man lands as dehd in IGRA, md 16 -ted 

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The NIGC addressed the question of the UGEA's applicability to gaming systems that 

solely use closed, proprietary mmutlication networks in its 2009 bul.l&b, The Efmt of the 

Unhwhl In fernel Gambiing ~$~rcment AC~ of 2006 on WIdeAm Ragrasive S)vtaras and 

Networkti Multi-Site Bingo am. '' Although the bulletin is mcmed pMIy with wide 

ma prognxsive systma and multi-site bingo games, dm underlying principal is applicable 

"client machines' a The client machines 

are 104 st I~G a computer on which 

the bingo game software nriide~.'~ The saver mndomly draws thE game numbers and trammi% 

The bulletin dm fouod that the UIiC3EA does not apply to ths rnu&i-dte bingo pmw 

because they db a cld9ed, pr@eWy &mn~&tatiims attwo& ntha hu the htand?' 

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Tribal luds in whichthq bst orwagchis initiated, &v&or othaarircmde."" B&aau~: 

dosad, pmpxiewy. 'om atwo&s "a not, by dewtion 'inwlve the USE ofthe 

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Again, although I do not see any immediate concerns with thc overall concept o 

as prcsentd in the Decernber 13,2012 lettcr, this opi~~ion does not address he full sp em 

IGRA issues that could arise as the game is implemented across Indian country. Moreover, this 

IUSe;ae 25 U.S.C. 48 27Iqd)(I)(A)(ii); (b)(4) & 271 1. 

" 25 U.S.C. 27 10(b)(l)A 

" 25 U.S.C. 65 2703(1): 2719. 

I-' 25 U.S.C. 27 1 O(d)(I)(C). l4 Bulletin 2009-3 (March 9, 2009). I' td. at 3. 

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that wm oot diseld but have bmhg an this dy& thh upbim does not apply. For 

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If you buld have my quesihns, plmc ccm- NIW Senior Attom~y MicU 

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