MASHANTUCKET PEQUOT

T~~AL GAM~G

Regulating

Certain Class II & Class III

Gaming Activities

As Enacted:

February 25, 1991 (~~)

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MA.SHNTUc~c.~ PEQUOT TRIBAL CANING ORDINANCE

SECTION 1. Statement of Policy It is the purpose of this

ordinance to provide for the sound regulation of all gaming

activities on lands within the jurisdiction of the

Mashantucket Pequot Tribe, in order to protect the public

interest in the integrity of such gaining activities, to

prevent improper or unlawful conduct in the course of such

gaming activities, and to promote the development of a

balanced tribal economy by dedicating all of the net revenues

from such gaming activities to the public purposes of the

Tribe.

SECTION 2. Definitions For purposes of this Ordinance:

(a) wAct means the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, Pub.L.

100497, 25 U.S.C. §52701 ftt ~2.

(b) Chairman means the Chairman of the Mashantucket

Pequot Tribal Gaming Coission established pursuant to this

Ordinance.

(b) Class II gamingN means Class II gaming as defined in

accordance with the Act, 25 U.S.C. §2703(7)(A).

(b) Class III gamingN means Class III gaming as defined

in accordance with the Act, 25 U.S.C. §2703(8).

(c) Cou~nission means the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal

Gaming Conission established by this Ordinance.
(b) ~Compact~ :neans the Proposal of the State of

Connecticut for a Tribal-State Compact Between the

MashantuCket Pequot Tribe and the State of Connecticut, as

selected by Henry J. Naruk, mediator, pursuant to 25 U.s.c.

§2710(b)(iv), and filed by said mediator in the ~Jnited States

District Court for the District of Connecticut on October 22,

1990, as further prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior

in accordance with the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act as the

procedures under which Class III gaming may be conducted on

Indian lands over which the Tribe has jurisdiction.

(f) EnterpriseTM means the Mashantucket Pequot Gaming

Enterprise established by the Tribe to conduct all gaming

operations of the Tribe on the Reservation.

(g) Executive DirectorTM means the Executive Director o.f

the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Gaming Co=ission established

pursuant to this Ordinance.

(e) Gaming facilities means any room or rooms in whic~

Class II gaming or Class III gaming is conducted on the

Reservation.

(e) National Indian Gaming Cou~nission means the

National Indian Gaming Co~nission established pursuant to 25

U.S.C. 52704.

(d) Net revenues means gross revenues of a Class III

gaming activity less amounts paid out as, or paid for, prizes

and total operating expenses including debt service but

excluding management fees paid to a management contractor

within the meaning of 25 U.S.C. 52711(c).

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(c) Ordinance1 means t~is Mashantueket Pequor r:ibal

Gaming Ordinance.

(j) Stated means the State of Connecticut.

(k) State gaming agency~ means the Division of Special

Revenue or such other agency as the State may establish to

carry out the regulatory responsibilities of the State under

the Compact.

(c) Tribe means the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe.

SECTON 3. Ado~tion of Corn~aet In accordance with section

13(d) of the Compact, the Compact is hereby incorporated

within and enacted as an integral part of this Ordinance with

respect to all forms of Class III gaming, and the Compact

including the Appendices thereto is appended to and made a -

part of this Ordinance as if set forth in full herein;

provided, however, that nothing in the adoption of the Compact

herein shall be deemed to affect the operation by the Tribe of-.

any Class II gaming, whether conducted within or without the

gaming facilities, or to confer upon the State any

jurisdiction over such Class II gaming conducted by the Tribe

on its Reservation.

SECTION 4. Authorization for earning activities

(a) Forms of Class III caminc authorized The Enterprise

on behalf of the Tribe may conduct the following types of

Class III gaming:

(i) The following games of chance:

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(A) 3lack~ack;

(B) Poker;

(C) Dice;

(D) Mauey-wheeis

(E) Roulette;

(F) Baccarat;

(C) Chuck-aluck;

(H) Pan game;

(I) Over and under;

(3) Horse race game;

(K) Acey-ducey;

(L) Beat the dealer;

(M) Bouncing ball.

(ii) Any bazaar game not listed in subsection (j)L

but only if conducted solely for merchandise

prizes.

(iii) Any lottery game.

(iv) Offtrack pari-mutuel betting on animal races.

(v) Parimutuel betting, through simulcasting, on

animal races.

(vi) Pariinutuel betting on jai alai games conducted

on the Reservation.

(vii) Parimutuel betting on dog racing conducted on

the Reservation.

(viii) Panmutual, betting on horse racing conducted on

the Reservation, but only to the extent

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authorized in accordance with section 15 o~ the

Compact.

(ix) Video facsimiles of any game of chance listed

subsection (i), but only to the extent

authorized in accordance with section 15 of the

Compact.

(x) Telephone betting on any lottery game, but only

to the extent authorized in accordance with

section 15 of the Compact.

(xi) 0ff-track pan-mutual, telephone betting on animal

races, but only to the extent authorized in

accordance with section 15 of the Compact.

(b) Authority for Class II earning In addition to the

forms of Class III gaming authorized pursuant to section 4(&)

hereof, the Tribe shall be authorized to conduct all forms of

Class II gaming on the Reservation, including without

limitation any form of bingo (whether or not electronic,

computer. or other technologic aids are used in connection

therewith), pulltabs, lotto, punch boards, tip jars, instant

bingo, and other games similar to bingo so long as played at

the same location as bingo.

SECTION 5. Com~liance with the Act This Ordinance shall be

construed in a manner which conforms to the Act in all

respects, and if inconsistent with the Act in any manner, the

provisions of the Act shall govern.

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(a) Limitation on caminc operations In compliance with

25 U.S.C. §2710(b)(2)(A), the Tribe shall have the sole

proprietary interest and responsibility for the conduct of any

gaming activity on the Reservation; provided, however, that

nothing herein shall interfere with the exercise by any secured

party of its rights under any collateral lease, leasehold

mortgage or other financing agreement with the Tribe to enforce

its security interests in the premises on which such gaming

activities may be conducted, or to enforce its rights against

gross revenues of the Tribe from its gaming activities for the

purpose of repayment of the debt obligations of the Tribe to

such secured party in accordance with the provisions of such

agreements.

(b) A~vlication of net revenues In compliance with 25.

U.S.C. §2710(b)(2)(B), net revenues from any gaming activity

are not to be used for purposes other than:

(a) to fund tribal government operations or programs;

(b) to provide for the general welfare of the Indian tribe

and its members;

(c) toprornote tribal economic development;

(d) to donate to charitable organizations; or

(a) to help fund operations of local government agencies

of the State and its political, subdivisions.

(c) Annual audit In compliance with 25 U.S.C.

§S2710(b)(2)(C) and (D), all gaming activities shall be sub~ject

to an audit by independent certified public accountants, not

less than annually, and copies of the annual audit shall be

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provided to t~e National Indian Gaming Co=ission. All

contracts for supplies, services, or concessions for a contract

amount in excess of $25,000 annually (except contracts for

professional legal or accounting services) relating to Class ~:

or Class 1I gaming shall be sublect to such audits.

(d) Public safety standards In compliance with 25 u.s.c.

§2710(b)(2)(E), the construction and maintenance of any gaming

facilities, and the operation of gaming activities, shall be

conducted in a manner which adequately protects the environment

and the public health and safety and for that purpose shall

comply with the requirements of sections 13(a), 14(a) and 14(c)

of the Compact az~d all other applicable health, safety and

environmental standards enacted by the Tribe. Those standards

generally imposed by the laws and regulations of the State

relating to public facilities with regard to building,

sanitary, and health standards and fire safety shall be deemed

to be incorporated by this Ordinance as the laws of the Tribe

applicable to the gaming facilities of the Tribe. Those

standards generally imposed by the laws and regulations of the

State relating to public facilities with regard to water

discharges shall be deemed to be incorporated by this Ordinance

as the laws of the Tribe applicable to the gaming facilities of

the Tribe; provided, however, that to the extent that federal

water discharge standards specifically applicable to the

Reservation would preempt such State standards, such federal

standards shall govern. The Cou~nission established by this

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Ordinance snail be empowered to enforce these requirements as

~:ovided in section 7 hereof.

(e) 8aekcround iri.vesti~ations n compliance with 25

cT.S.C. §2710(B)(2)(F):

(i) all Class III gaming employees, as defined in the

Compact. including all primary management officials

and key employees of any Class III gaming enterprise,

together with such Class II gaming employees as are

required by the Enterprise to secure such licenses.

shall be subject to the State licensing requirements

of the Compact as set forth in section 5 of the

Compact, which include requirements for background

investigations and ongoing review including annual

renewal of such State licenses for all gaming -

employees. The Tribe shall notify the National Indian

Gaming Coission of the results of the State

licensing process for its primary management officials

and key employees in accordance with such regulations

or procedures as the National Indian Gaming Coimnission

may establish.

(ii) all Class II gaming employees who are not licensed by

the state as gaming employees pursuant to the Compact

shall be required to obtain a license as a gaming

employee from the Coumzission established pursuant to

this Ordinance, and for that purpose the Co~mnission

shall conduct background investigations of all such

employees and shall deny or revoke such licenses for

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any employee wnose p:ior act~.vities, criminal record,

if any, or reputation. habits and associations pose a

threat to the public interest or to the effective

regulation of gamin;, or create or enhance the dangers

of unsuitable, unfair, or illegal practices and

methods and activities in the conduct of gaming. The

Co~nission shall notify the National Indian Gaming

Conission of ~he results of its background

investigation for the primary management officials and

key employees of its Class II gaming operations who

are not licensed by the State as gaming employees

pursuant to the Compact, and of the results of the

State licensing process for such primary management

officials and key employees who are licensed by the..

State as gaming employees pursuant to the Compact, in

accordance with such regulations or procedures as the

National Indian Gaming Cormnission may establish..

SECTION 6. Penalties Any individual who violates any

provision of this Ordinance, including the provisions of the

Compact incorporated herein, shall be subject to civil

penalties including exclusion from employment by any Tribal

gaming enterprise, exclusion from attendance at any Tribal

gaming facility, exclusion from the Reservation if a nonmember

of the Tribe, or, with respect to any person subject to the

jurisdiction of the Tribe to impose such fines, a fine of not

more than $500.00 for each such violation. The Coission

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estanljsned pursuant to this Ordinance shall have the

jurisdiction to impose any such penalties on any person withi.

the jurisdiction of the Tribe to impose such penalties.

SECTION 7. Tribal Gaminc Cc~tission

(a) Establishment of C:~tission There shall be

established a Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Gaming Commission

consisting of a chairman and two other members who shall be

appointed by the Tribal Chairman with the advice and consent of

the Tribal Council. at least t~ of whom shall be members of the

Tribe, but none of whom shall be employees or Directors of the

Enterprise. and who shall each serve for a term of three years

commencing on the date of their appointment; provided, that the

initial members so appointed shall serve for terms deemed to

cormnence on January 31, 1991 and one of the initial members

appointed shall be designated to serve for an initial term of

one year and one of the initial members appointed shall be

designated to serve for an initial term of two years. The

members of the Commission shall serve on a part time basis and

shall establish the compensation of members of the Co~mnission

with the approval of the Tribal Council. Members of the

Coimnission maybe removed with or without cause by a vote of a

majority of the r~embers of the Tribal Council then in office.

Vacancies in the Commission may be filled by appointment by the

Tribal Chairman pending action by the Tribal Council. Mo

member or employee of the Comeission shall participate as a

player in any gaming activity conducted by the Tribe.

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~ut–e! Of cni!~iOfl~ Thi CO~ssion snail

~iave the following powers and duties:

(i) The Cozmnission shall have primary responsibility for

oversight of tribal gaming operations to assure the

integrity of such operations and shall, for that

purpose, employ nonuniformed inspectors who shall be

present in all gaming facilities during all hours of

operation and who shall be under the sole supervision

of the Cotmnission and not to any management employees

of the Tribal gaining operations. Such inspectors

shall have unfettered access to all areas of the

gaming facilities at all times, and personnel employed

by the Enterprise shall for such purposes provide such

inspectors access to locked and secure areas of the..

gaming facilities in accordance with the standards of

maintenance and operation promulgated pursuant to the

Compact. Such inspectors shall report to the

Co~ission regarding any failure by the Enterprise to

comply with any of the provisions of the Compact or

this Ordinance and any other applicable laws and

ordinances of the Tribe. Inspectors assigned by the

Coission shall also receive consumer complaints

within the gaming facilities and shall assist in

seeking voluntary resolution of such complaints.

Inspectors appointed by the Co~nission shall be

licensed as gaming employees by the State in

accordance with the Compact.

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(ii) The ColsSiOfl may on itS own initiative investj;are

any aspect of the operations of the Enterprise in

order to protect the public interest in the integrity

of such gaming activities and to prevent improper or

unlawful conduct in the course of such gaming

activities, and shall investigate any report of a

failure of the Enterprise to comply with the

provisions of-the Compact or this Ordinance and may

require the Enterprise to take any corrective action

deemed necessary by the Coission upon such terms and

conditions as the Conission may determine

appropriate. The Commnission may compel any person

employed by or doing business with the Enterprise to

appear before it and to provide such information,

documents or other materials as may be in their

possession to assist in any such investigation.

(iii) rh Coa~issicn shall carry out each of the

responsibilities and duties set forth for the Tribal

gaming agency in the Compact and in the Standards of

Operation and Management.

(tv) Th5~C~il~iasion shall prepare a plan for the protection

of public safety. and the.physical security of patrons

in each of its gaming facilities, following

consultation and agreement with the State Police,

setting forth the respective responsibilities of the

Co~mnission, the security department of the Enterprise,

any Tribal police agency, and the State Police.

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(v) The~ Co~i.ssion snail review and approve floor plans

and ~i~v~il1ance sys~ems1for each gaming facility and

shall confer with the State gaming agency regarding

the adequacy of such plans and systems.

(vi) The Comsission shall establish and revise Standards of

Operation and Management for Class III gaming

activities in accordance with the Compact.

(vii) The Co~iai3siofl may issue and revok, licenses for Class

ii gaming employees in accordance with section

4(e)(ii) of this Ordinance.

(viii) The Co~ission may issue and revoke licenses to any

person providing gaming equipment to the Class II

gaming operations of the Enterprise who is not

otherwise registered as a gaming service enterprise.. by

the State pursuant to the Compact and who transacts

business with the Enterprise with a value in excess of

$50,000.00 within any two year period. No person

shall transact such business without a valid license

from the Coission. For purposes of such licensing,

the Coission shall apply the same standards as are

applied to gaming service enterprises registered by

the State pursuant to the Compact. The Commission may

conduct such investigation into such enterprises as it

deems necessary or appropriate to satisfy such

standards.

(ix) The Co~isaion shall establish a list of persons

barred from the gaming facilities because their

criminal history or association with career offenders

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or career offender organizations poses a threat t~ t.-.a

integrity of the gaming activities of the Tribe.

(x) The coission shall approve the rules of each game of

chance operated by the Tribe pursuant to section 7 of

the Compact and shall in accordance with the

provisions of the Compact notify the State gaming

agency of such rules and of any change in such rules.

(xi) The Coission shall enforce the health and safety

standards applicable to the gaining facilities of the

Enterprise in accordance with section 5(d) of this

Ordinance. Prior to the opening of any facility for

Class 111 gaming the Enterprise shall obtain a

certificate of compliance from the Ccxission relating

to the Class III gaming facilities. The Co~mnission

shall issue a certificate of compliance to the

Enterprise upon a determination that the gaming

facilities of the Enterprise comply with such

standards. -

(xii) Ths Co~ission may impose penalties for violations of

this Ordinance, the Compact or the Standards of

Operation and Management in accordance with section 5

of this Ordinance.

(xiii) T11$Camiasion may in th. name of the Tribe bring any

civil action or criminal complaint in the courts of

the State or the United States to enforce the

provisions of this Ordinance or to enjoin or otherwise

prevent any violation of this Ordinance, the Act or

the Compact, occurring on the Reservation.

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(xiv) The Commission may receive any complaint from an

employee of the Enterprise or any member of the public

who is or claims to be adversely affected by an act or

omission of the Enterprise which is asserted to

violate this Ordinance, the Compact, or the Standards

of Management and Operation adopted pursuant to this

Ordinance, and may upon consideration of such

complaint order such remedial action as it deems

appropriate to bring the Enterprise into compliance

with such provisions. The Commission may for this

purpose, in its sole discretion, conduct a hearing and

receive evidence with regard to such complaint if it

deems an evidentiary proceeding useful in the

resolution of such complaint. -

(xv) The Commission may adopt an annual operating budget

which shall be subject to the approval of the Tribal

Council and may in accordance with said budget empl~y

such staff from time to time as it deems necessary to

fulfill its responsibilities under this Ordinance, and

may retain legal counsel and other professional

services including investigative services to assist

the Commission with respect to any of the issues over

which the Commission exercises jurisdiction. The

expenses of the Commission in accordance with such

budget shall be assessed against the Enterprise and

the Enterprise shall pay such assessments to the Tribe.

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(C) Chairman The Chairman of the Coizsion or any other

member of the Corission acting in the absence of the Chairman

may, whenever he deems it necessary to protect the public

interest in the integrity of Tribal gaming operations, issue in

the name of the Conunission any order which the Coissjo~ has

the power to issue, to the Enterprise or to any employee or

contractor of the Enterprise or to any other person within the

jurisdiction of the Tribe, to take any action or cease and

desist from any action as may be required to protect to the

public interest; provided, that such order shall be subject to

review by the Cormuission at its earliest opportunity, whereupon

it may be confirmed or vacated by the Conunission.

(d) Executive Director The Cormnission shall appoint an

individual to serve as a full, time Executive Director of the

Coission to administer its responsibilities on a day to day

basis and to oversee inspectors appointed by the Coission as

well as such other staff as the Coission may from time to

time employ. The Exeàutive Director shall be responsible for

coordination~ of the functions of the Coission with the State

Police and the State gaming agency. The Chairman may request

the Executive Director to conduct a preliminary investigation

and render a reco~endation to the Conunission with respect to

the grant or denial of any license, the imposition of any

penalty, the investigation of any complaint, or any other

action within the jurisdiction of the Co=ission. The

Executive Director shall have the power, in the name of the

Conunission, to conduct any hearing, investigation or inquiry,

compel the production of any information or documents, and

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otherwise exercise the investigatory powers of the ~

which the Coission may exercise under this Ordinance.

(e) Procedures of the Co~nission

(i) Regular meetings of the Coission may be held upon

such notice, or without notice, and at such time and

place as shall from time to time be fixed by the

Coimnission. Unless otherwise specified by the

Coission, no notice of such regular meetings shall

be necessary.

(ii) Special meetings of the Coimnission may be called by

the Chairman or the Executive Director. The person or

persons calling the special meeting shall fix the time

and place thereof. Neither the business to be

transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or

special meeting of the Counnission need to be specified

in the notice of the meeting.

(iii) At any meeting of the Coission, a majority of the

members then in office shall constitute a quorum for

the transaction of business. The vote of a majority

of the members present at a meeting at which a quorum

is present shall be the act of the Co~mnission. The

chairman shall preside at all meetings of the

Coission unless the Chairman designates another

meuther to preside in his absence.

(iv) Any action required or permitted to be taken at a

meeting of the Comnission may be taken without a

meeting if all of the members sign written consents

setting forth the action taken or to be taken, at any

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time before or after the intended effective date of

suàn action. Such consents shall be filed with the

minutes of the Coission, and shall have the same

effect as a unanimous vote or resolution of the

Coission at a legal meeting thereof. Any such

action taken by unanimous written consents may, but

need not be, set forth in such consents in the form of

resolutions or.votes.

(v) Members of the Coission may participate in a meeting

of the Coission by means of conference telephone or

similar con!flunications equipment by means of which all

persons participating in the meeting can hear each

other, and participation in a meeting in such matter

by any member who does not object at the beginningof..

such meeting to the holding thereof in such manner

shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

(vi) No action of the Coission to impose a penalty

pursuant to section 5 of this Ordinance, or to revoke

a license for a gaming employee previously issued by

the Coission, shall be valid unless the person

affected is given at least seven days notice of the

proposed action and the opportunity to appear and be

heard before the Coission, either in person or

through a representative or legal counsel, and to

siil~4t such evidence as the Coi~uission deems relevant

to the matter at issue; provided, that if the

Corission deems it necessary to protect the public

interest in the integrity of the gaming activities,

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the Coission may take such action with irediate

effect as it deems required. and shall thereupon

provide notice and an opportunity to be heard t~ the

affected person as soon as is reasonably practicable

following such action. Any person wno is denied an

initial gaming employee license or who is barred from

the gaming facilities by action of the Co~mnission may

request a hearing before the Coxmnission by written

request submitted within thirty days following receipt

of notice of the action of the Coission, and the

Coission shall thereupon afford an opportunity to

appear and be heard before the Con~nission, either in

person or through a representative or legal counsel,

and to submit such evidence as the Commission deems..

relevant to the matter at issue and thereafter the

Cosission shall either affirm or reconsider its

decision. Any hearing conducted under this

subsection may at the direction of. the Commission be

conducted by the Executive Director or by one or more

members of the CoIz!uission designated by the Commission

for that purpose.

(vii) The Commission may adopt such additional procedures

and rules as it deems necessary or convenient to

govern its affairs and which are consistent with this

Ordinance.

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(a) Games of ehanee The initial standards of operation

and management for games of chance adopted in accordance with

section 7(a) of the Compact shall be those set forth as

Appendix A of the Compact.

(b) parimutuel waaerinc The initial standards of

operation and management for parimutuel wagering adopted in

accordance with section. 8(a) of the Compact shall be those set

forth as Appendix B of the Compact.

(C) Lotterv aames The initial standards of operation and

management for lottery games adopted in accordance with section

9(a) of the Compact shall be those set forth as Appendix C of

the Compact.

(d) Class II cames The Cou~aission shall adopt standards

of operation and management for Class II games and, pending

such adoption. may direct the Enterprise to comply with such

standards as the Coimnission may determine necessary to protect

the integrity of such Class II games. The standards of

operation and management for Class 11 games shall provide, at a

minimum, that:

(i) no person under the age of eighteen shall be permitted

to pirticipate in any Class 11 gaming operations as an

employee, contractor or player;

(ii) the Enterprise shall establish the rules of each game

by which the game will be conducted and the winner or

winners determined in advance of such game, and such

rules shall be visibly displayed or available in

pamphlet form in the gaming facility.

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SECTION 9. Prohibited acts~

It shall be a violation of this Ordinance for any person t~:

(a) Conduct or part.cipate in any Class II or Class 111

gaming operation on the Reservation other than the Enterprise.

(b) Receive, distribute, apply or divert any property,

funds, proceeds or other assets of the Enterprise to the

benefit of any individual or any other person except as

authorized by this Ordin~ance and the Resolution of the Tribe

establishing the Enterprise.

(C) Tamper with any equipment used in the conduct of

tribal gaming operations with the intent to cause any person to

win or lose any wager other than in accord with the publicly

announced rules of such gaming operations.

(d) Do any other act in connection with the conduct of the

tribal gaming operations with the intent to affect the outcome

of any wager other than in accord with the publicly announced

rules of such gaming operations.

(e) To participate as a player in any regular public bingo

game, any lottery, any pari-mutuel wager, or game of chance

authorized pursuant to section 4(a)(9) hereof, conducted by the

Tribe, while such person is a member of the Tribal Council or a

Director or employee of the Enterprise.

SECTION 10. Prior ordinances renealed

The Mashantucket Pequot Bingo Control Ordinance is hereby

repealed; provided, however, that the Mashantucket Pequot Bingo

Control Coission, the Tribal Bingo Operation and the General

Manager of the Tribal Bingo Operation shall continue to

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exerc.se their respective powers and carry out their respect.ye

functions and duties under the former Bingo Control Ordinance

until the Co=ission determines and notifies each of them,

respectively, and the Tribal Council. that the C0.ission or

the Enterprise, as the case may be, has organized and is

prepared to assume its responsibilities under this Ordinance.

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Upon motion made and seconded, the foregoing Resolution was adopted

by the following vote:

Number of Yes votes

Number of NNON votes

Number of Absent Members ~ Number of Abstentions

CERTIPICATION

I the undersigned, Chairman of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal

Council, do hereby certify that the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal

Council is composed of FIVE (5) members of whom 5 were

present, thereby constituting a quorum, at a duly called

Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Council Meeting held on the 25th day of

February, 1991, and that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted

by the affirmative vote of 5 members

A1TEST:

Ruth . Thomas, Secretary/Treasurer

Mashan cket Pequot Tribal Council