Joseph Goodthunder 

Chairman of the Community CouncLl 

Lower Sioux Indian Community in Minnesota 

Rural Route 1, P.O. Box 308 

Morton, Minnesota 56270 

Dear ~hairmali' Goodthunder: 

This letter responds to your request to review and approve the 

tribal gaming ordinance submitted on November 15, 1993, for the 

Lower Sioux Indian Community in Minnesota (community). This 

letter constitutes such approval under the Indian ~aming 

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. Provisions 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. 

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

gaming only on Indian lands as defined in the IGRA. 

With the chairman's approval of the Community's gaming ordinance, 

the community is now required to conduct background 

investigations on its key employees and primary management 

officials. The NIGC expects to receive a completed application 

fox each key employee and primary management official pursuant to 

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. S 

556.5(b). 

Thank you for submitting the ordinance of the Lower Sioux Indian 

Community in Minnesota for review and approval. The NIGC staff 

and I look forward to working with you and the Tribe in 

implementing the IGRA. 

Sincerely yours, 

Aflmon~ J. Hope 

Anthony J. Hope 

Chairman 

1850 M STREET. N W.. SUITE 250 WASHINGTON. D.C. 20036 TEL ,202.632-7003 FAX 202.632-7066 
Lower 

P.O. 

Sioux 

Box 308 

Indian Community 

RR# 1 Morton, MN 562'70 

LOWER SIOUX INDIAN COMMUNITY IN MINNESOTA 

AUTHORIZATION FOR SUBMISSIONS TO NIGC 

RESOLUTION NO. 18-93-94 

WHEREAS, the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988 and the 

regulations of the National Indian Gaming Commission 

(NIGC) require that certain submissions be made to the 

NIGC when the Lower Sioux Indian Community in Minnesota 

submits its Class I1 and I11 Gaming Ordinance for NIGC 

approval; and 

WHEREAS, the Lower Sioux community council has reviewed the 

submissions, including the designation of agents for 

service of NIGC documents, the policies and procedures of 

Community gaming operations, and a memorandum of 

understanding regarding the dissemination of criminal 

history record information by the National Indian Gaming 

Commission; and 

WHEREAS, the Lower Sioux Indian Community in Minnesota wishes to 

make all appropriate submissions to the NIGC; 

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Chairman of the Lower Sioux 

Indian Community in Minnesota, Joseph Goodthunder, is 

hereby authorized to designate to the NIGC agents for 

service, to certify Community gaming policies and 

procedures to the NIGC, to sign on behalf of the Lower 

Sioux Indian Community in Minnesota a memorandum of 

understanding regarding the dissemination of criminal 

history record information by the National Indian Gaming 

Commission, and to sign or certify other related 

documents to the NIGC. 

WE DO HEREBY CERTIFY, that the foregoing resolution was duly 

presented to and adopted by a vote of 3 for, and 4 against, 

at a Special meeting of the Lower Sioux Community Council, a quorum 

being present, held on November 11, 1993, at Minneapolis, 

Minnesota. 

Betty L& 

Chairman secretary 
Lower Sioux Indian Community 

P.O. Box 308 RR# 1 Morton, MN 56270 

SIOUX INDIAN COMMUNITY IN MINNESOTA 

APPROVAL OF CLASS I1 AND I11 GAMING ORDINANCE 

RESOLUTION NO. 17-93-94 

WHEREAS, the Lower Sioux Indian Community in Minnesota owns, 

operates, and licenses gaming enterprises on the Lower 

Sioux Community reservation as part of its sovereign 

governmental power; and 

WHEREAS, such gaming enterprises provide an essential source of 

employment to Community members and their families as 

well as to members of the non-Indian community in and 

around the Lower Sioux Community reservation; and 

WHEREAS, such gaming enterprises provide the Community with 

revenue that is vital to programs operated by the 

Community for the general welfare of its members; and 

WHEREAS, the Lower Sioux Community Council is the governing body 

of the Lower Sioux Indian Community in Minnesota and has 

the authority and responsibility to regulate gaming on 

the Community reservation; and 

WHEREAS, the Lower Sioux Community Council has the authority and 

responsibility to exercise federally recognized inherent 

powers of self-government within the Community 

reservation, and pursuant to the Constitution of the 

Lower Sioux Indian Community in Minnesota has the 

authority to promulgate ordinances to promote the general 

welfare of the Community and to provide for the peace and 

safety of the Community; and 

WHEREAS, pursuant to its own powers of self-government, and under 

the terms of the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 

1988, and under the terms of Tribal/State Compacts which 

the Community has executed with the State of Minnesota, 

it is wise and necessary to implement certain regulations 

regarding gaming within the Community reservation; and 
WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the Lower Sioux Indian 

Community to revise in a comprehensive manner all its 

previous gaming regulations and to incorporate them into 

one comprehensive gaming ordinance, and the Lower Sioux 

Community Council has the sovereign authority to adopt or 

amend its gaming ordinances. 

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Lower Sioux Community Council 

in the exercise of it sovereign authority and its responsibilities 

under applicable federal law and TribalIState gaming compacts, 

hereby repeals all previous gaming ordinances and regulations and 

adopts the following comprehensive Class I1 and I11 Gaming 

Ordinance. 

WE DO HEREBY CERTIFY, that the foregoing resolution was duly 

presented to and adopted by a vote of for and 0 against, at 

a Special meeting of the Lower ~ioux Community Council, a quorum 

being present, held on November 11, 1993, at Minneapolis, 

Minnesota. 

,-@ 

~etty gee 

Chairman Secretary 
LOWER SIOUX INDIAN COMMUNITY IN MINNESOTA 

CLASS I1 AND I11 GAMING ORDINANCE 

I. Purwose 

The Lower Sioux Indian Community in Minnesota (hereinafter 

llCommunityll), empowered by the Community Constitution to enact 

ordinances through its Community Council, hereby enacts this 

ordinance in order to set the terms for Class I1 and I11 gaming 

operations on Community lands. 

11. Gaminu Authorized 

Class I1 and Class I11 gaming as defined in the Indian Gaming 

Regulatory Act, P.L. 100-447, 25 U.S.C. Section 2703(7)(A) and 25 

U.S.C. Section 2703(8) (hereinafter I1IGRAw) and by the regulations 

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

Section 502.3 and 25 C.F.R. Section 502.4 (as published in the 

Federal Register at 57 FR 12382-12393, April 9, 1992) are hereby 

authorized. 

111. Ownershiw of Gaminq 

The Community shall have the sole proprietary interest in and 

responsibility for the conduct of any gaming operation authorized 

by this ordinance. 

IV. Use of Gaminu Revenue 

A. Net revenues from Class I1 gaming shall be used only for 

the following purposes: to fund Community government operations and 

programs; provide for the general welfare of the Community and its 

members; promote Community economic development; donate to 

charitable organizations; or help fund operations of local 

government agencies. 

B. If the Community elects to make per capita payments to 

Community 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). 

V. Audit 

A. The Community 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. 

VI. Protection of the Environment and Public Health and Safetv 

Class I1 and Class I11 gaming facilities shall be constructed, 

maintained and operated in a manner that adequately protects the 

environment and the public health and safety. 

VII. Licenses for Key E~D~oY~~s and Primary Manaaement Officials 

The Community Council 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 . All key employees and primary management officials shall have duly 

approved Community licenses issued in accordance with this section. 

A. Definitions 

For the purposes of this section, the following 

definitions apply: 

1. Kev Em~lovee means 

(a) A person who performs on 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 

devices; or 

(b) If not otherwise included, any other 

person whose total cash compensation is in 

excess of $50,000 per year; or 

(c) If not otherwise included, the four most 

highly compensated persons in the gaming 

operation. 
2. Primary Manaqement Official means 

(a) The person having management 

responsibility for a management contract; 

(b) Any person who has authority: 

(1) To hire and fire employees; 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. 

3. Gamina Enterprise means 

Any commercial gaming business owned by the 

Lower Sioux Community and operated under this 

Gaming Ordinance. 

4. Compact on Video Games of Chance means 

The Tribalistate compact between the Lower 

Sioux Indian Community in Minnesota and the 

State of Minnesota for the control of Class I11 

video games of chance, adopted and approved 

under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988, 

as that compact may be amended from time to 

time. 

5. Compact on Blackjack means 

The Tribalistate compact between the Lower 

Sioux Indian Community in Minnesota and the 

State of Minnesota for the control of Class I11 

blackjack, adopted and approved under the 

Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988, as that 

compact may be amended from time to time. 

B. A~~lication Forms 

1. The following notice shall be placed on the 

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 investigations of activities while 

associated with a tribe 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 officials 

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. Existing key employees and primary management officials 

shall be notified in writing 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. Backaround Investisations 

1. The Community Council 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 (1) (b) of 

this section; 

d. Current business and residence telephone numbers; 

e. A description of any existing and previous business 

relationships with Indiantribes, including ownership 

interests in those businesses; 

f. A description of any existing an 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 a 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 (1) (h) or (1) (i) 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 Community Council deems 

relevant; and 

n. Fingerprints taken on behalf of the Community by 

officials from a Minnesota County Sheriff's Office. 

2. The community Council shall conduct, or cause to be 

conducted, an investigation sufficient to make a determination 

under subsection D. below. In conducting a background 

investigation, the Community or its agent shall promise to keep 

confidential the identity of each person interviewed in the course 

of the investigation. Fingerprints taken on behalf of the 

Community shall be submitted through the ~ational Indian Gaming 

Commission to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a fingerprint 

check. In addition, for Class I11 gaming, pursuant to Tribal/~tate 

Compacts, the Community shall submit information to the State of 

Minnesota in order to allow the State Commissioner of Public Safety 

to perform a background check. 

D. Eliaibilitv Determination 

The Community Council 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 and 

licensing in a gaming enterprise. If the Community Council 

determines that employment of the person poses a threat to the 

public interest or to the effective regulation of gaming, or 

creates or enhances dangers of unsuitable, unfair, or illegal 

practices and methods and activities in the conduct of gaming, the 

gaming enterprise shall not employ or license that person in a key 

employee or primary management official position. 

E. Procedures for Forwardina Applications and Reports for Key 

Em~lovees and Primary Manaaement Officials to the National 

Indian Gamina Commission 

1. When a key employee or primary management official begins 

work at a gaming enterprise authorized by this ordinance, the 
Community Council or its delegate 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 Community Council or its delegate 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 gaming enterprise shall not employ as a key employee 

or primary management official a person who does not have a 

Community license after 90 days. 

F. Rewort to the National Indian Gamina Commission 

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

section, the Community Council or its delegate 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 bases for those conclusions. 

2. The Community Council or its delegate 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 Community 

Council or its delegate: 

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 Community Council or its delegate 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 designee for no less than 

three (3) years from the date of termination of employment. 
G. Grantins a Gamins 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 Community 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 Community has provided an application and investigative report 

to the National Indian Gaming commission, the Community Council or 

its delegate may issue a license to such applicant. 

2. The Community Council or its delegate 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 Community with a 

statement itemizing objections to the issuance of a license to a 

key employee or to a primary management official for whom the 

Community has provided an application and investigative report to 

the National Indian Gaming Commission, the Community shall 

reconsider the application, taking into account the objections 

itemized by the National Indian Gaming Commission. The Community 

Council or its delegate 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 Community 

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 Community Council or its delegate shall suspend such license 

and shall notify in writing the licensee of the suspension and the 

proposed revocation. 

2. The Community Council or its delegate 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 Community Council or its 

delegate shall decide to revoke or to reinstate a gaming license. 

The Community Council or its delegate shall notify the National 

Indian Gaming Commission of its decision. 
VIII. License Locations 

The Community Council or its delegate 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. 

IX. ReDeal 

All prior gaming ordinances are hereby repealed. 

X. Com~liance With Tribal-Btate Compacts 

The Community shall adopt regulations and take all actions 

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

the Community complies in all respects with the Tribal-State 

Compacts between the Community and the State of Minnesota for Class 

I11 Video Games of Chance and Class I11 Blackjack Gaming. 

XI. Conduct of Class I1 and Class I11 Games 

All Class I1 and Class I11 games operated under this ordinance 

shall be conducted in accordance with this section. 

A. Rules and Restrictions for Gaminu Activities. Each 

Licensee operating a Gaming Enterprise under a license issued by 

the Community pursuant to Section VII of this ordinance must all 

times observe the following rules and restrictions on gaming 

activities: 

1. No Credit Extended. All gaming shall be conducted on a 

cash basis. Except as herein provided, no person shall be extended 

credit for gaming by any Gaming Enterprise. This restriction shall 

not apply to credits won by players who activate play on video 

games of chance after inserting coins or currency into the game, 

and shall not restrict the right of a Gaming Enterprise to offer 

check cashing or to install or accept bank card or credit card 

transactions in the same manner as would be normally permitted at 

any retail business within the State of Minnesota. 

2. Minimum Aae for Plavers. No person below the age of 

eighteen (18) years on the date of gaming shall be permitted to 

participate in the gaming in any Gaming Enterprise. If any person 

below the age of eighteen (18) years plays and otherwise qualifies 

to win any prize, the prize shall not be paid, and the estimated 

amount wagered during the course of the game shall be returned to 

the player. 

3. Procedure Manuals. Each Gaming Enterprise shall publish 

and maintain a manual governing personnel policies and procedures, 
including standards of conduct and job descriptions for each 

employee, and describing the procedures that the Enterprise will 

follow, and the rights available, to each employee subject to the 

manua 1. 

B. Rules and Restrictions Governina Binao Games. The conduct 

of bingo games within a Gaming Enterprise must take place within 

the following rules and restrictions: 

1. Binao Eauivment to be Used. The conduct of bingo must 

employ a machine or other device from which bingo balls, or 

appropriate substitute equipment, are withdrawn, ensuring that such 

drawing is on a random basis. The balls or appropriate substitute 

drawing equipment must be available for inspection by the players 

before a bingo session begins to determine that all are present and 

in operating condition. Each numbered ball or marker must be 

essentially equal as to size, weight, shape and balance and as to 

all other characteristics that may control their selection and all 

must be free from any defects and be present in the receptacle 

before each game is begun. Each bingo card must have printed on 

its face both its individual card or sheet number and the series 

number assigned by the manufacturer to that set of bingo cards. 

2. Conduct of Games. Bingo games shall be conducted in the 

following manner: 

(a) Each Gaming Enterprise conducting bingo games shall 

post a notice or notices on its premises which are plainly visible 

to the public, and which shall contain the rules governing the 

conduct of bingo. 

(b) All sales of bingo cards must take place upon the 

site immediately preceding or during the session for which the 

bingo cards are being sold. 

(c) No bingo card shall be reserved for use by players, 

except braille cards or other cards for use by legally bind or 

disabled players. 

(d) The particular arrangement of numbers required to be 

covered in order to win each game must be clearly described and 

announced to the players immediately before. 

(e) Immediately following the drawing of each bingo ball 

in a bingo game, the caller shall display the letter and number on 

the ball to the players and the corresponding letter or number on 

the Gaming Enterprise's flashboard must be lit for player viewing. 

(f) A winner shall be determined when a specified 

pattern of called numbers appear on a card; and every winning card 

shall be verified by an employee of the Gaming Enterprise. 
next ball or object randomly selected must be removed and must be 

the next ball or object to be called in the event the declared 

winning bingo is not valid. 

(h) No person shall engage in any act, practice or 

course of operation that would affect the integrity or adversely 

affect the outcome of any bingo game. 

(i) No person who works at a Gaming Enterprise during a 

bingo session shall be permitted to play in a bingo game during 

that bingo session. 

(j) No person who works at a Gaming Enterprise may have 

direct contact with a member of his or her immediate family, 

including the employee's spouse, child, parent, brother, or sister, 

on any matter involving the play of bingo, during a bingo session. 

3. Binao Records. For each bingo session, the following 

records must be kept: 

(a) the number of players in attendance; 

(b) the total amount wagered; 

(c) the total prizes, cash and non-cash, awarded; 

(d) a copy of the schedule of gems and their prizes; and 

(e) the number and price of cards sold, by type. 

4. Checkers Reauired. One or more checkers must be engaged 

for each bingo session. The checker or checkers must record on a 

form prescribed by the Community the number of cards played in each 

game, the registration or card number of each winning card, and the 

prizes awarded to the recorded cards. Each checker, must certify 

that the figures are correct to the best of the checkerf s 

knowledge. 

5. Gross Receipts Compared and Discrepancies Reported. 

The gross receipts of each bingo occasion must be compared to the 

checkersf records by an employee of the Gaming Enterprise who did 

not sell cards for the session. The comparison must be on a form 

prescribed by the Community. If a discrepancy of more than $20 is 

found between the gross receipts as reported by the checkers and 

the gross receipts as determined by totalling the cash receipts, a 

copy of the comparison must be provided to the Community Council 

within five days of the bingo session. 

B. Rules and Restrictions Governinq ggBlackiackm Games. The 

conduct of games of ffBlackjacku in a Gaming Enterprise must take 

place in accordance with the following rules and restrictions: 
1. Obiect of Game. Blackjack shall be a Table Game 

played by a maximum of seven players, with one Dealer per Table. 

The object of the game shall be for a player to obtain a higher 

total point count than the Dealer, but not to exceed twenty-one 

points, and subject to the provisions of this Code, the rules of 

play shall be those generally applicable to the game known as 

"Blackjackgg or gtTwenty-Onew, as that game is played in the United 

States of America. 

2. Card and Values. The game shall be played with decks 

of Blackjack Cards, which shall have the characteristics specified 

in section 5.c. of this Code, and shall comply with the terms of 

the Compact. For purposes of Blackjack, the Blackjack Cards shall 

have the following values: 

(a) Aces shall count either one point or eleven points, 

at the option of the player; 

(b) Numbered Blackjack Cards shall count the same number 

of points as the number on the Card (for example, a "9" Card shall 

count 9, and a wlOM card shall count 10). 

(c) Blackjack Cards bearing a King, Queen, or Jack shall 

count 10. 

In the initial deal, when a player or the Dealer is dealt an Ace 

and any of the ten count Blackjack Cards, that combination shall 

constitute a natural Blackjack, which may be identified by the 

player or Dealer as "Blackjackw. 

3. Waaers. In the play of Blackjack, the following forms of 

wagers may be made by a player: 

(a) Oriainal Waaer. An Original Wager shall be made 

by placing a Chip or Chips representing an amount from two dollars 

to one thousand dollars, as designated by a sign plainly posted at 

each table, inside the betting space provided on the playing 

surface of the Blackjack Playing Table, before the first Card is 

dealt in the game. Once the first card is dealt in a game, no 

Original Wager may be altered by any player. 

(b) Svlit Waser. If a player receives, in the initial 

deal of Cards, either a pair or any two ten-count Cards, the player 

may split the cards, provided that no player may play more than 

four hands in one betting space. For each hand thus created, the 

player may wager an amount equal to the Original Wager. 

(c) Double-Down Waaer. After receiving two Cards, or 

two Cards for each hand in a split hand, a player may make a 

Double-Down Wager by wagering an additional amount equal to the 

Original Wager; and a player playing split hands may make a DoubleDown Wager by wagering an amount equal to the Original Wager for 
one or more such hands, provided that no player may place a DoubleDown Wager on split Aces. 

(d) Insurance Waaer. If the first card received by 

the Dealer is an Ace, a player may make an insurance Wager in an 

amount equal to one-half of the amount of the Original Wager. 

(e) T~D-Bet Waaer. A Tip-Bet Wager, if made, shall be 

made before the first Card is dealt, and may be in any amount up to 

one-half of the Original Wager. It may not be increased or changed 

during play, and cannot be the subject of a Double-Down Wager or an 

Insurance Wager. If, following a Tip-Bet Wager, a player splits 

hands, the Tip-Bet Wager shall be assigned to the player's righthand set of Cards (the first Cards to be played). All Tip-Bet 

Wagers shall have a pay-off of one dollar for each dollar wagered, 

whether or not the player receives a natural Blackjack. When a 

Tip-Bet Wager is made, if a player's hand wins, the Tip-Bet Wager 

shall be returned to the player and the amount won from the 

Enterprise becomes the property of the Dealer; if the Dealer's hand 

wins, the Tip-Bet Wager becomes the property of the Enterprise; and 

if the player's hand ties the Dealer's hand, the player may either 

take back the Tip-Bet Wager or leave it on the playing surface for 

the next round of play. 

(f) Diswosition of Tiw-Bet Waaers Received. All Tip-Bets 

won by a Dealer shall be deposited in the locking Tip Box in the 

Dealer's pit area, shall be pooled with all other tips earned by 

dealers, and shall be divided weekly between Dealers and Pit Bosses 

on a formula to be agreed upon by them, subject to the requirements 

of Federal and State income tax laws and regulations. 

4. Staffina. At any Gaming Enterprise conducting Blackjack games, 

the following staffing requirements shall apply: 

(a) Necessary Staff on Dutv. At all times during the 

conduct of Blackjack games at a Gaming Enterprise, the following 

staff must be on duty: 

(1) at least one Cashier; 

(2) at least one Pit Boss for each pit area open, 

and not less than one pit boss for each four 

open tables; 

(3) one Dealer per open table. 

(b) Trainina of Dealers. All Dealers in Blackjack 

games must have completed at least thirty hours of training with 

the Gaming Enterprise. 

(c) Trainina of Pit Bosses. All Pit Bosses must have 

completed at least six weeks of employment as a Dealer, and at 
least thirty hours of Pit Boss Training within the Gaming 

Enterprise. 

5. Eaui~ment . The following requirements shall apply to all 

equipment used in the play of Blackjack: 

a. Blackiack Playins Table -- Physical Characteristics. Each 

Playing Table for the play of Blackjack shall have the following 

characteristics: 

(1) The Playing Table shall have either five or seven 

separate distinct betting spaces. 

(2) The playing surface of the Playing Table shall 

prominently display the following complete statements: "Blackjack 

PAYS 3 TO 2" and "CALLER MUST STAND ON 17 AND MUST DRAW TO 16". 

(3) Drop boxes, meeting the requirement of section 5.b. of 

this Gaming Ordinance, shall be securely locked to each Playing 

Table. 

(4) The playing surface shall include special betting places 

for use of the placement of Tip-Bet Wagers. 

(5) Unless only one Playing Table is used at the Gaming 

Enterprise, a Playing Table number must be either permanently 

imprinted, or adhesively backed and impressed thereon, or attached 

to the top of each Playing Table. 

(6) Each Playing Table or Pit Area shall be equipped with a 

removable transparent lockable Tip Box. 

(7) A Card or Plaque located on the top of each Playing Table 

must indicate the minimum and maximum wagers permitted under the 

provisions of this Gaming Ordinance. 

b. Drop Boxes -- Physical Characteristics. Each Playing Table for 

the play of Blackjack shall have a removable metal container known 

as a "Drop Box" into which must be deposited all duplicate Fill 

Slips, original Credit Slips, and currency received from Players 

for the purchase of Chips. Each Drop Box shall have the following 

characteristics: 

(1) Unless only one Blackjack Playing Table is used at a 

Gaming Enterprise, each Drop Box shall have a number, either 

attached, permanently imprinted, or adhesively backed and impressed 

thereon, which corresponds to the number of the Playing Table to 

which it is attached. 

(2) Each Drop Box shall be securely locked to its Playing 

Table, and shall have an individually keyed lock. 
(3) During play, each Drop Box shall have a money plunger, 

which shall remain in the Drop Box slot at all times except when 

currency and forms are inserted into the Drop Box. 

c. Blackjack Cards - - Physical Characteristics. All cards 

used in the play of Blackjack shall have the following 

characteristics: 

(1) The cards used in the play of Blackjack shall be four or 

more complete decks of Blackjack Cards, shuffled together and used 

as one deck. The cards must be dealt as a single packet from a 

Dealing Shoe, which shall have the characteristics described in 

section 5.d. of this Gaming Ordinance. 

(2) The design and color of the backs of each card in the 

decks in a Dealing Shoe shall be identical. 

(3) No deck of Blackjack Cards may be used in any Blackjack 

Game if any card therein is taped, defaced, bent, crimped, cut, 

shaved, or deformed in any other manner. 

d. Blackiack Dealina Shoe -- Physical characteristics. Each 

Dealing Shoe used in the play of Blackjack shall have the following 

characteristics: It shall have an opaque face plate, a white or 

transparent base plate, and transparent sides, or a cutout under 

the base plate of each side, and shall be designed to contain at 

least four complete decks of Blackjack Cards. 

(e) Blackiack Chi~s -- Physical Characteristics. Each Chipused in 

the play of Blackjack shall have the following characteristics: 

(1) Each Chip shall be a die-cut clay security chip, 

designed, manufactured, and constructed to prevent, to the maximum 

extent possible, its counterfeiting. 

(2) The playing value of each Chip, and the name of the 

Gaming Enterprise issuing the Chip, shall be clearly imprinted on 

the Chip. 

6. Distribution of Chi~s to Plavina Tables -- Use of Fill Sli~s. 

The following procedures shall govern the distribution of Chips to 

the Playing Tables, and the use of Fill Slips, for the play of 

Blackjack: 

(a) Fill Sli~s -- Characteristics. The Fill Slips required by 

this section of this Gaming Ordinance shall be serially prenumbered 

forms, which shall be used in sequential order. Fill Slips shall 

be so designed as to permit the recording thereon of the following 

information: the date and time of the use of the Fill Slip, the 

quantity and denomination of the Chips being distributed, the total 

dollar value of each denomination of Chips being distributed, the 

total dollar value of all of the Chips being distributed, the 
number of the Playing Table to which the distribution is being 

made, and the name of the Cashier making the distribution. 

(b) Fill Slips -- Use. A Fill Slip shall be prepared by a Cashier 

prior to any distribution of Chips to any Playing Table. On the 

original and duplicate Fill Slip, all of the information described 

in section 5.a. of this Gaming Control Code shall be recorded by 

the Cashier distributing the Chips. The Pit Boss, or an employee 

designated by the Pit Boss, then shall examine the Chips being 

distributed and the Fill Slip, and if the Fill Slip correctly 

records all information, the Pit Boss or the designated employee 

shall sign the Fill Slip. The original copy of the Fill Slip shall 

be retained by the Cashier, and the Pit Boss or the designated 

employee shall transfer the duplicate copy of the Fill Slip, 

together with the Chips being distributed, to the Playing Table. 

The Dealer at the Playing Table shall then examine the Chips being 

distributed, and if the duplicate copy of the Fill Slip correctly 

records all information, the Dealer shall sign or initial the 

duplicate Fill Slip, and shall then immediately deposit it in the 

Drop Box attached to the Playing Table. Any Fill Slips which are 

voided must be marked ttvoidll on both the original and duplicate 

copy, shall be signed by the person thus marking the Slips, and 

shall be recorded and retained in the same manner as valid Fill 

Slips. 

(c) Fill Slips -- Accountins. Records of the serial number of 

all Fill Slips, and of the name of the cashier to whom each Fill 

Slip is distributed, together with the original and duplicate copy 

of each Fill Slip, including each void Fill Slip, shall be 

maintained by an employee of the Gaming Enterprise who is not a 

Cashier, Dealer, or Pit Boss. 

7. Removal of Chips from Plavins Tables -- Use of Credit Slivs. 

The following procedures shall govern the removal of Chips from the 

Playing Tables, and the use of Credit Slips, for the play of 

Blackjack: 

(a) Credit Slips -- Characteristics. The Credit Slips required 

by this section of this Gaming Ordinance shall be serially 

prenumbered forms, which shall be used in sequential order. Credit 

Slips shall be so designed as to permit the recording thereon of 

the following information: the date and time of the use of the 

Credit Slip, the quantity and denomination of the Chips being 

removed, the total dollar value of each denomination of Chips being 

removed, the total dollar value of all the Chips being removed, the 

number of the Playing Table from which the removal is being made, 

and the name of Dealer assigned to the Playing Table from which the 

Chips are being removed. 

(b) Credit Slips -- Use. A Credit Slip shall be prepared prior 

to the removal of any Chips from any Playing Table. On the 

original and duplicate Credit Slip, all of the information 
described in section 7.a. of this Gaming Ordinance shall be 

recorded by the Dealer from whose Playing Table the Chips are being 

removed. The Pit Boss then shall examine the Chips being removed 

and the Credit Slip, and if the Credit Slip correctly records all 

information, the Pit Boss shall sign the Credit Slip. The original 

copy of the Credit Slip shall be retained by the Dealer, and shall 

immediately be deposited in the Drop Box attached to the Playing 

Table, and the Pit Boss shall transfer the duplicate copy of the 

Credit Slip, together with the Chips being removed, to the Cashier. 

The Cashier shall then examine the Chips being removed, and if the 

duplicate copy of the Credit Slip correctly records all 

information, the Cashier shall sign or initial the duplicate Credit 

Slip and shall retain it. Any Credit Slips which are voided must 

be marked lVVoidw on both the original and duplicate copy, and shall 

be signed by the person thus marking the Slips. All Credit Slips 

marked "VoidN shall be recorded and retained in the same manner as 

valid Credit Slips. 

(c) Credit Slivs -- Accountins. Records ofthe serial numbers of 

all Credit Slips, and of the name of the Dealer to whom each Credit 

Slip is distributed, together with the original and duplicate copy 

of each Credit Slip, including each void Credit Slip, shall be 

maintained by an employee of the Gaming Enterprise who is not a 

Cashier, Dealer, or Pit Boss. 

8. Blackjack Chiv Bank Services. Blackjack Chip Bank Services 

shall occur in accordance with the following rules and 

restrictions: 

(a) Sale of Blackiack Chivs. Chips shall be sold only at Playing 

Tables, and shall be sold only for United States currency. No 

checks may be accepted for the purchase of Chips. The value at 

which Chips are sold and redeemed must be conspicuously posted by 

the Gaming Enterprise, and shall be visible to each person at the 

time Chips are purchased. 

(b) Procedure for Accevtins Cash. Each Dealer accepting currency 

for Chips at a Playing Table shall spread such currency on the 

surface of the Playing Table, in full view both of the player who 

presented it and of the Pit Boss assigned to the Playing Table. 

The Dealer shall then announce the amount of such currency, in a 

tone of voice loud enough to be heard by the player who presented 

the currency and the Pit Boss assigned to the Playing Table. 

(c) Exchanse of Chivs -- Placement of Currency in Drov Box. 

Immediately after performing the procedures described in this 

section, the Dealer accepting currency shall give to the player who 

presented it an equivalent amount of Chips, and shall remove the 

currency received from the surface of the Playing Table and place 

it into the Drop Box attached thereto. 

(d) Dis~osition of Currency -- Access to Dro~ Box. All currency 
received for Chips at Playing Tables must be kept completely 

separate and apart form all other monies received by a Gaming 

Enterprise until such currency has been counted in accordance with 

the provisions of this Gaming Ordinance. No person, other an the 

Count Team described in this Gaming Ordinance, shall have access to 

the contents of any Drop Box. 

(e) Redemption of Chips. Each Gaming Enterprise shall redeem 

Blackjack Chips for cash at the value for which they were sold, 

provided that such Chips were obtained lawfully and in accordance 

with the provisions of this Gaming Ordinance. The cash bank from 

which funds are obtained to redeem Chips shall be completely 

separate and apart from all other monies held by the Gaming 

Enterprise. 

D. Video Games of Chance. The following requirements shall 

apply to the management and conduct of all Video Games of Chance 

within any Gaming Enterprise: 

1. Licensina of Manufacturers. No Gaming Enterprise may own, 

lease, or operate Video Games of Chance that have been manufactured 

by a manufacturer that has not received a license from the 

Community. The Community shall issue licenses only to 

manufacturers of Video Games of Chance holding a valid license from 

the State of Minnesota, or the State of New Jersey, or the State of 

Nevada, or the State of South Dakota. 

2. Licensina of Distributors. No Gaming Enterprise may own, 

lease, or operate Video Games of Chance that have been distributed 

by a distributor that has not received a license from the 

Community. The Community shall issue licenses only to distributors 

of Video Games of Chance holding a valid license from the State of 

Minnesota, or the State of New Jersey, or the State of Nevada, or 

the State of South Dakota. 

3. Sus~ension, Revocation, or Non-Renewal of Manufacturer or 

Distributor License. In the even that the State of Minnesota, 

or the State of New Jersey, or the State of Nevada, or the State of 

South Dakota suspends, revokes, or refuses to renew a license of a 

manufacturer or distributor of Video Games of Chance similarly 

licensed by the Community, such action shall be grounds from 

similar action by the Community and the Community shall suspend, 

revoke or refuse to renew the license issued by the Community to 

such manufacturer or distributor. 

4. Qualifications of Lessors of Video Games of Chance. In 

accordance with the terms of the Compact on Video Games of Chance, 

prior to entering into any lease agreement for Video Games of 

Chance or related equipment each Gaming Enterprise shall obtain 

sufficient information and identification from the proposed lessor, 

and all persons holding any direct or indirect financial interest 

in the lessor or the proposed lease agreement, to permit the State 
of Minnesota to conduct a background check on those persons. The 

information shall be provided in writing, along with the standard 

fee, to the State Commissioner of Public Safety, who shall conduct 

the background check and provide a written report to the Community 

regarding each applicant within thirty (30) days of the receipt of 

such request. No Gaming Enterprise shall enter into a lease 

agreement for Video Games of Chance or related equipment with any 

person or entity if the State Department of Public Safety 

determines that the lessor, or any manager or person holding a 

direct or indirect financial interest in the lessor or the proposed 

lease agreement has been convicted of a felony within the previous 

five years, or has been convicted of a felony or a gross 

misdemeanor involving fraud, misrepresentation or gambling. 

5. Technical Standards: Testins and A~wroval of Video Games of 

Chance. No Video Game of Chance may be purchased, leased, or 

otherwise acquired by a Gaming Enterprise unless: (i) the Video 

Game of Chance is purchased, leased or acquired from a manufacturer 

or distributor licensed to sell, lease or distribute Video Games of 

Chance by the Community pursuant to this Ordinance; and (ii) the 

Video Game of Chance, or a prototype thereof, has been tested, 

approved or certified by a Gaming Test Laboratory as meeting the 

requirements standards of the Compact on Video Games of Chance. 

6. Technical Standards: A~~lication for Awwroval of Prototv~e 

Video Game of Chance. Each Gaming Enterprise shall provide or 

require that a manufacturer of Video Games of Chance provide to a 

Gaming Test Laboratory two copies of Video Games of Chance 

illustrations, schematics, block diagrams, circuit analyses, 

technical and operation manuals, program object and secure codes 

and hexadecimal dumps (the compiled computed programs represented 

in base 16 format) and any other information requested by the 

Gaming Test Laboratory. 

7. Technical Standards: Testins of Video Games of Chance. If 

required by the Gaming Test Laboratory, the Gaming Enterprise shall 

require the manufacturer of a Video Game of Chance to transport not 

more than two working models of a Video Game of Chance and related 

equipment to a location designated by the laboratory for testing, 

examination and analysis. The testing, examination and analysis 

may include the entire dismantling of the Video Game of Chance and 

related equipment and some tests may result in damage or 

destruction to one or more electronic components of the devices. 

If required by the laboratory, the Gaming Enterprise must require 

the manufacturer to provide specialized equipment or the services 

of an independent technical expert to assist with the testing, 

examination and analysis. 

8. Technical Standards: Rewort of Test Results. At the 

conclusion of each test of a Video Game of Chance, the Gaming Test 

Laboratory shall provide to the Minnesota State Commissioner of 

Public Safety and the Community Council a report that contains 
findings, conclusions and a determination that the Video Game of 

Chance and related equipment conforms or fails to conform to 

technical requirements and standards set forth in the Compact on 

Video Games of Chance. If modifications can be made which would 

bring the Video Game of Chance or related equipment into compliance 

with the requirements and standards set forth in the Compact on 

Video Games of Chance, the report may contain recommendations for 

such modifications. 

9. Technical Standards: Modifications of Awwroved Video Games of 

Chance. The manufacturer or distributor of a Video Game of Chance 

shall assemble and install each Video Game of Chance and related 

equipment in a manner approved and licensed by the Community. No 

modification to the assembly or operational functions of any Video 

Game of Chance orrelated equipment may be made after testing and 

installation unless a Gaming Test Laboratory certifies to the 

Minnesota State Department of Public Safety and the Community that 

the modified Video Game of Chance conforms to the standards of the 

Compact on Video Games of Chance. All proposed modifications shall 

be described in a written request made to the Minnesota State 

Commissioner of Public Safety, the Gaming Test Laboratory and the 

Community. The written request shall contain information 

describing the modification, the reason therefore and all 

documentation required by the Gaming Test Laboratory. In all 

emergency situations where modifications are necessary to prevent 

cheating or malfunction, the Gaming Test Laboratory may grant 

temporary certification of the modifications for up to fifteen (15) 

days pending compliance with the terms of this section of the Code. 

10. Technical Standards: Conformity to Technical Standards of 

Comwact on Video Games of Chance As a condition to maintaining a 

manufacturer's and/or distributor's license under this Ordinance, 

each manufacturer and/ or distributor of a Video Game of Chance 

shall certify to the Community and to the Minnesota State 

Commissioner of Public Safety that, upon installation, each Video 

Game of Chance placed in a Gaming Enterprise by such manufacturer 

or distributor (i) conforms precisely to the exact specifications 

of the Video Game of Chance prototype tested and approved by the 

Gaming Test Laboratory; and (ii) operates and plays in accordance 

with the technical standards set forth in sections 6.9 and 6.10 of 

the Compact on Video Games of Chance. 

11. Technical Standards: Information to be Provided. Prior to 

installation the Community shall require that the manufacturer or 

distributor of such Video Game of Chance provide to the Minnesota 

State Commissioner of Public Safety: (i) a list of all states in 

which the distributor or manufacturer from whom the Video Game of 

Chance was acquired or leased is licensed, the license numbers (if 

licensed numbers are issued) and operative dates of the license(s) ; 

and (ii) identification numbers or codes for each Video Game of 

Chance placed in the Gaming Enterprise. 
12. Technical Standards: Hardware and Software Reauirements for 

Video Games of Chance. Each Video Game of Chance operated by a 

Gaming Enterprise must be licensed by the Community, and shall meet 

the specifications contained in Sections 6.9 and 6.10 of the 

Compact on Video Games of Chance, as those specifications may be 

amended from time to time. 
I DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Class I1 and I11 Gaming 

Ordinance was duly adopted by a vote of 3 for and against 

at a special meeting of the Lower Sioux Community Council, a quorum 

being present, held on November 11, 1993, at Minneapolis, 

Minnesota. 

~ower Sioux community Council