July 3 1,2003 

Terry 0. Enos, Chairman 

Ak-Chin Indian Community 

42507 W. Peters & Nall Road 

Maricopa, Arizona 85239 

Re: Resolution No. A-24-03; 

Amendment to the Ak-Chin Indian Community Gaming Code 

Dear Chairman Enos: 

This letter responds to your request to review and approve the above-numbered 

amendment to the Ak-Chin Indian Community's Gaming Ordinance, submitted to the 

National Indian Gaming Commission ("NIGC") on June 3,2003. This amendment 

effectively raises the age of persons, allowed to place a wager in any gaming facility, 

from 18 to 21 years. The Ak-Chin Community Council, by Resolution No. A-24-03, 

adopted the amendment to the Ordinance on May 30,2003. This letter constitutes 

approval of the amendment under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. 

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The staff and Jhok forward to continuing to work with you and the Ak-Chin 

Chairman 

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AK-CHIN INDIAN COMMUNITY COUNCIL 

42507 W. Peters & Nall Road 

Maricopa, Arizona 85239 

Telephone: 5201568-261 8 

Resolution No. A-24-03 

RESOLUTION OF THE 

AK-CHIN INDIAN COMMUNITY COUNCIL 

A Resolution Amending Subsection (xv) of Section I1 of the Ak-Chin lndian Community 

Gaming Code (Ordinance No. A-1 -00) 

WHEREAS, the Ak-Chin lndian Community ("Community") is a federally recognized 

lndian Tribe organized pursuant to the lndian Reorganization Act of 1934; 

and 

WHEREAS, the Community is governed by the Ak-Chin Community Council (the 

"Council") pursuant to its Articles of Association (the "Articles") approved 

by the Secretary of Interior December 20, 1961; and 

WHEREAS, the Community entered into a Tribalistate Gaming Compact with the 

State of Arizona on December 4,2002, pursuant to the lndian Gaming 

Regulatory Act of 1988, Pub.L. 100-497, 25 U.S.C. $5 2701-2721 and 18 

U.S.C. 5s 1 166-1 168; and 

WHEREAS, the Community has an established casino operation, the Harrah's Phoenix 

Ak-Chin Casino, which opened to the public on December 27, 1994, and 

has since been in continuous operation; and 

WHEREAS, the Community enacted the Ak-Chin Community Gaming Code on 

January 5, 2000, which superceded in its entirety the Ak-Chin Community 

Gaming Code enacted on November 30, 1993; and 

WHEREAS, a copy of the Ak-Chin lndian Community Gaming Code (Ordinance No. A1-00) was submitted to the Chairman of the National lndian Gaming 

Commission by letter dated January 11, 2000, from Melinda Silk, Ak-Chin 

Tribal Gaming Agency Attorney; and 

WHEREAS, the Council, the Tribal Gaming Commissioners, and the Executive 

Director of the Tribal Gaming Agency, have determined that the following 

amendment to Subsection (xv) of Section 11 of the Gaming Code meets 

the requirements of Section 3 (w)(2) of the Tribalistate Compact and that 

it is in the best interest of the Ak-Chin lndian Community, its gaming 
operation, and its gaming regulatory agency: 

Subsection (xv) of Section 11 is amended in its entirety to read as 

follows: 

assists, enable or allow any person under the age of twenty-one 

(21) to place a wager in any Gaming Facility either directly or 

indirectly. 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Ak-Chin lndian Community Council 

does hereby amend Subsection (xv) of Section 1 I of the Ak-Chin lndian 

Community Gaming Code in its entirety as follows: 

assists, enable or allow any person under the age of twenty-one 

(21) to place a wager in any Gaming Facility either directly or 

indirectly. 

C-E -R-T-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-O-N 

Pursuant to authority contained under Article VIII, Section I (a), (b), (c), and (m) of the 

Articles of Association of the Ak-Chin lndian Community, approved by the Secretary of 

the Interior on December 20, 1961, by a quorum of 3 members present at a Special 

Council Meeting held on May 30, 2003, at Maricopa, Ak-Chin lndian Reservation, 

Arizona by a vote of 3 for, Q against, Q not voting, and 2 absent; the foregoing resolution 

was adopted. 

~k-chin lndian Community Council 

ATTEST: 

Ak-Chin lndian ~ommunit~~ouncil