April 15,2013 

Kim Van Ainburg, General Counsel 

Casino Del Sol 

Pascua Yaqui Tribe 

5655 W. Valencia Rd. 

Tucson, AZ 85757 

Re Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona Gaming Ordinance Amendment 

Dear Ms. Van Amblug: 

This letter responds to your request on behalf of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of ("Tribe") for 

review and approval of recent amendments to the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona Gaming 

Ordinance ("Ordinance") by Resolutioil No. C10-178-12 of the Pascua Yaqui Tribal 

Council. Your request was made in a letter, dated February 13,2013, and received on 

February 26. The amendments clarify Sections 100, 130, and 550 of the Ordinance. 

We appreciate that the Tribe brought the Ordiilance amendments to our attention. The 

amendments are approved, as they are consistent with the requirements of the Indian 

Gaming Regulatory Act and NlGC regulations. 

If you have any questions or require assistance, please contact Heather Corson at (202) 

632-7003. 

Sincerely, 

Tracie L. Stevens 

Chairwoman 

cc: Amanda Sampson-Lomayesva, Attorney General, Pascua Yaqui Tribe 

(via email: Amanda.SainpsonLomayesva@pascuayaqui-nsn.gov) 

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I PASCUA YAQUI TRIBE 

RESOLUTION NO. 610-198-12 

RESOLUTION OF THE PASCUA YAOUI TRIBE APPROVING ORDINANCE 

AMENDING TITLE 8. CHAPTER 2-1 OF THE PASCUA YAOUI TRIBAL CODE 

JTHE GAMING ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS OF OCTOBER 2012). 

"-.%Y~.-I WHEREAS, the Tribal Council of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe is vested with the power to 

develop and adopt ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations to 

promote the peace, health, safety and general welfare of the Pascua Yaqui 

people and to facilitate the conduct and operation of the tribal government 

(Article VI, Section 1 (0) of the Constitution of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe); 

and 

WHEREAS, the Tribal Council is vested with the authority to develop and adopt 

ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations to regulate gambling 

activities and gaming on the reservation (Article VI, Section 1 (t) of the 

Constitution of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe); and 

WHEREAS, the Tribal Council determined that certain amendments to the Gaming 

Ordinance (8 PYTC 92-1) would be beneficial to the regulation of 

gambling activities and gaming on the reservation; and 

WHEREAS, Ordinance XX-12, the Gaming Ordinance Revisions of October 2012, 

include revisions as follows: a clarifying definitional revision to Section 

20(2)(4); a revision allowing the Tribe's Tribal Gaming Office to utilize 

its discretion in determining which suppliers of gaming services should be 

licensed by that office in Sections 100 and 130; and a deadline for 

challenging certain licensing actions in Section 550; and 

WHEREAS, the Tribal Council has determined that it would be beneficial to the Tribe 

and its members to approve the revisions described above to the Tribe's 

Gaming Ordinance, 8 PYTC 4 2- 1 of the Pascua Yaqui Tribal Code (the 

Gaming Ordinance Amendments of October 2012). 

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE TRIBAL COUNCIL OF THE 

PASCUA YAQUI TRIBE that Ordinance No. 20-12 entitled the 

"Ordinance Amending Title 8, Chapter 2-1 of the Pascua Yaqui Tribal 

Code (the Gaming Ordinance Amendments of October 2012): which is 

incorporated by this reference, is hereby approved and adopted by the 

Tribal Council. 

7474 S. Gamine De Oeste * Tucson, Arizona 85757 * Phone (520) 883-5010 * FAX (520) 883-5075 

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RESOLUTION NO. C10-178-12 

APPROVING ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 8, CHAPTER 2-1 OF THE 

PASCUA YAQUI TRIBAL CODE (THE GAMING ORDINANCE 

AMENDMENTS OF OCTOBER 2012) 

BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the Ordinance Amending Title 8, Chapter 2-1 of the 

Pascua Yaqui Tribal Code (the Gaming Ordinance Amendments of 

October 2012) shall only be effective and shall only supersede and replace 

the current Title 8, Chapter 2-1 of the Pascua Yaqui Tribal Code upon 

approval of the Gaming Ordinance Amendments of October 2012 by the 

National Indian Gaming Commission pursuant to the provisions of 25 

C.F.R. $522. 

CERTIFICATION 

THE FOREGOING was on October 16,2012 duly adopted by a 

vote of ELEVEN in favor, ZERO opposed, and abstained, 

by the Tribal Council of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe pursuant to 

authority vested in it by Article VI, Sections 1 (0) and (t) of the 

Constitution of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe as adopted on January 26, 

1988 and approved by the Secretary of the Interior on February 8, 

1988 pursuant to Section 16 of the Indian Reorganization Act of 

June 18,1934 (48 Stat. 984). 
I PASCUA YAQUI TRIBE 

OKDLNANCE NO. 20-12 

it enacted by the Tribal Councll of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, pursuaut to Resolutinn No. CIO-178-12, this 

rdinanee, otherwise known as the Gaming Ordinance Amendments of2012, amending Title 8, Part 11, Chapter 2- 

the Pascua Yaqui Tribal Code as follows: 

i &@ .Title 8, Parl 11, Chapter2-1. ofthe PUSCIJ~ Yaqui Trihal Code is amended hy revoking the nistlng Titic 8, Part 11, -- Chapter 21, effective upon theapproval oftheGamlng Ordinance Amendments of 2012 by the National Irdian 

I Gumlng Commis~ion pursuant to the provisions of25 CP.R 8522,and adding the following Titb 8, Part 11, Chaptw 

2-1: 

TITLE 8 - REGULATORY CODE 

PART I1 - GAMING 

CHAPTER 2-1 -GAMING ORDINANCE 

TABLE OF CONTENTS 

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVlSlONS 

Section 10 Purpose ..................................................................................................................... I 

Section 20 Definitions .......................................................................................................................................... 2 

Section 30 Gaming Authorized ......................................................................................................................... 7 

Section 40 Adoption of the Compact ................................................................................................................... 7 

Section 50 Ownership of Gaming .................................................................................................................... 7 

Section 60 Use of Gaming Revenue .................... ........................................................................................... 7 

Section 70 Per Capita Payments ........................................................................................................................... 7 

Section 80 Protection of the Envimnment and Public Health and Safety ...................................... .. .................. 8 

Section90 Interpretation wd Definifi as used in this Chsptw ...................................... .. .............................. 8 

SUBCHAPTER B LICENSING 

Section 100 'Qpes of Licenses Required .................................... .......................................................................... 8 

Section 1 10 Gaming Enterprise Division Employee License ...................... .................................................. 9 

Section 120 Ti~bal Gaming ORce Employees License ........................................................................................ 9 

Section 130 Gaming Device Manufacturers and Distributors License ............................................................ 9 

Section 140 Financiers License .............................................................................................................................. 9 . . Section I50 Gaming Faclllty License .............................................................................................................. I0 

Section 160 Temporary Licenses ..................................... ..................... . ............................................... I0 

Section 170 Gther Licenses ....................................................................................................................... I0 

SUBCHAPTER C LICENSE APPLICATION PROCESS 

Section 180 License Application Procedure .................................... , ............................................................. 10 

Section 190 Summoning of Applicalts ......................... ... ................................................................................ 10 

SUBCHAPTER D BACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS 

Section 200 Background Investigations; Notifications ................................................................ I I 

SUBCHAPTER E LICENSING STANDARDS 

Section 210 Standards of Suitability for issuing Licenses .................................................................... 12 

Section 220 Grounds for Adverse Licensing Action ............................................................................... 14 

SUBCHAPTER F LICENSE APPLICATION DECISIONS 

Section 230 Issuance of License .................................................................................................... 17 

Section 240 Denial of License .............................. ... ......................... . .......................................... 17 

Section 250 Issuance of Gaming Facility License Applications ......................... .. .......................... 17 
SUBCHAPTER G LICENSING TERMWEES 

Section 260 License Terms; Renewal ........................ ..................................................................................... 18 

Section 270 License Fees .................... ............................................................................................................ I8 

SUBCHAPTER N REPORTING REQUIREMENTS 

Section 280 Gaming Enterprise Division Reporting Requirements ..................................................................... 18 

SUBCHAPTER I OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS 

Section 290 Gift Policy ........................................................................................................................................ 21 

Section 300 Hours ofoperation ............................................................................................................................ 21 

Section 3 10 Gaming by Principals and Key Employees ................................................................................... 21 

Section 320 Gaming Devices .................................................................................................................................. I

Section 330 Approval ofGaming Equipment ............... ................................................................................. I 

Section 340 Posting of Rules ..................... .................................................................................................. 22 

Section 350 Complimentfuy Items ........................ .......................................................................................... 22 

Seaion 360 Internal Conbolo ........................ ................................................................................................... 22 

Section 370 Amendments to the Internal Control Policies and Procedures ...................... .............................. 23 

Section 380 Accounting Records ........................ ............. .................................................................. 23 

Section 390 Automatic Teller Machines ................. .................................................................................... 24 

SUBCHAPTER J ENFORCEMENT 

Section 400 lnsption .......................................................................................................................................... 24 

Section 410 Investigations ................................................................................................................................... 25 

Section 420 Otfice Reporting Requirements ......................................................................................................... 25 

Section 430 Detention and Questioning of Person Suspected of Violating Ordinance; LimitaIions on . . Liab~l~ty; Posting ofNotice ................................................................................................................ 25 

Section 440 Disposition of Evidence Seized by Office ....................................................................................... 26 

Section 450 Notices of Concern ......................................................................................................................... 27 

Section 460 Notices of Violation *., ...... "-m ......................................................................................................... 27 

Section 470 Adverse License Actions ............... ............................................................................................ 28 

Section 480 Civil Penalties ................................................................................................................................. 29 

Section 490 Civil Remedies .................................................................................................................................... 29 

SUBCHAPTER K APPEALING ADVERSE LICENSING ACTION 

Section 500 Right of Review ........................ ................................................................................................... 29 

Section 510 Answer; Review ofAdvme Licensing Decision ........................................................................... 29 

Section 520 Applications for Licenses After Denial ...................................................................................... 30 

Section 530 Applications for Licenses ARer Revocation ............................................................................. 30 

SUBCHAPTER L TRlBAL COURT JURISDICTION 

Section 540 Tribal Court Jurisdiction ..................................................................................................................... 30 

Section 550 Tribal Court Review of Adverse Licensing Decisions ................................................................... I 

Section 560 Patron Dispute Hearings ................................................................................................................... 31 

Section 570 Retention of Rights .......................................................................................................................... I 

Section 580 Penalties ................................................................................................................................ 31 

SUBCHAPTER M CRIMES & LlABlLlTlES CONCERNING GAMING 

Section 590 Unlawful Wagering ............................................................................................................................ 32 

Section 600 Fraudulent Acts ................................................................................................................................... 32 

Section 610 Use of Device for Calculating Probabilities ...................................................................................... 32 

Section 620 Use of Counterfeit or Unapproved Chi or Tokens or Unlawful Coins or Devices; 

Possession of Certain &vices, Equipment, Products or Materials .................................................. 33 

Section 630 Cheating .............................................................................................................................................. 33 

Section 640 Unlawful Manufaclure. Sale, Distribution, Markins . Altering . 

or Modification of Equipment ~ ~ 

and Devices Associated with Gaming; Unlawful InsLruction ........................................................ 34 

Section 650 Unlawful Dissemination of Information Concerning Racing: Exemptions; Penalty ...................... 34 
SUBCHAFI'ER N SEVERABILITY 

Section 660 Severability ....................................................................................................................................... 34 
TITLE 8 -REGULATORY CODE 

PART II -GAMING 

CHAPTER 2-1 -GAMING ORDINANCE 

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS 

Section 10 Purpose (8 PYTC 8 2-1-10) 

The Tribal Council of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe (hereinafter "T~ibe"), empowered by the Tribe's Constitution to enact 

ordinances, hereby enact8 this ordinance in order to set the terms for Class I, Class 11, and Class Ill gaming operations on 

tribal lands and to comply with the requirements of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, the Johnson Act, and the Pascua 

Yaqui Tribestate of Arizona Gaming Compact. 

Section 20 Definitions (8 PYTC 8 24-20) 

(A) "Act" means the Indian Gaming Reeulatory Act, Public Law 100-497.25 U.S.C. 85 2701-2721 and 18 U.S.C. 

5§ll66-1168. 

(8) "Applicant" means any Person or Enterprise who has applied for a license or certification under the provisions 

of this Ordinance and the Compact, or employment with the Gaming Enterprise Division, or approval of any 

act or transaction for which approval is required or permitted under the provisions of this Ordinance and the 

Compact. 

(C) "Application" means a request for the issuance of a license or certification or for employment by the Gaming 

Enterprise Division, or for approval of any act or transaction for which approval is required or permitted under 

the provisions of this Ordinance and the Compact. 

(D) "Authorities" means agents of the Tribal Gaming Office, Tribal Polke, Federal Law Enforcement Officers, the 

State Gaming Agency, a Management Conbncto~ and its principals, employees and agents, and principals, 

employees and agents of the Gaming Enterprise Division. It also means an Arizona Peace Officer if deputid 

pursuant to an Intergovernmental or Cross-deputization Agreement with the Tribe. 

(E) "Cheat" means to alter the selection of criteria which determine: 

(1) The result of agame; or 

(2) The amount or frequency of payment in a game. 

(P) "Class I Gaming" means Class I gaming as defined in accordance with the Act, 25 U.S.C. 2703(6), and 

the regulations promulgated thereunder by the NIGC. 

(G) "Class II gaming" means Class 11 gaming as defined in accordance with the Act, 25 U.S.C. 5 2703 (7) (A), 

and the regulations promulgated thereunder by the NIGC. 

(H) "Class 111 gaming" means Class 111 gaming as defined in accordance with the Act, 25 U.S.C. 2703(8). 

(I) 'Compact" means that written document between the Pascua Yaqui Tribe and the State of Arizona approved by 

the Assistant Secretary, Indian Affairs, Department ofthe Interior on January 24,2003, governing the conduct 

of Class Ill gaming activities on Tribal lands. 

(J) "Complimentary" means a service or item provided at no cost, or below cost, to a customer. 

(K) "Distributor" means a won who distributes Gaming Devices andlor component parts thereof. 

(L) "Enterprise" means any corporation (other than a "publicly traded corporation" as defined hereinafter), fum, 

partnenhip, limited plrmenhip, trust, or other form of business organization other than a Tribal enterprise 
wholly owned by tile Tribe: provided, however, that tile term "enterprise" shall also include each corporation, 

Rnn, partnership, limited partnership trust or other form of business organization not a natural person which, 

directly or indirectly, owns, has the power or right to control or holds with the power to vote all or any part of 

the outstanding voting securities, partnership interests, limited partnership interests or beneficial interest in a 

trust which holds or applies for a license or finding of suitability under the provisions of the Compact and this 

Ordinance. 

(M) "Executive Director" means the Executive Director of the Tribal Gaming Office. 

) "Finding of suitability" means an approval to be issued a license or to receive an amended license granted to a 

Person or Enterprise directly or indirectly involved with the Gaming Operation and relates only to the specifled 

involvement for which it was made. If the nature of the involvement changes from that for which the applicant 

is found suitable, the OMce may require the Person or Enterprise to submit for a determination of suitability in 

the new capacity. 

(0) "Fiscal year" means the fiscal year utilized by the Gaming Enterprise Division. 

(P) "Game" and "gambling game" means any game of chance played with cards, dice, equipment or any 

mechanical, electromechanical or electronic device or machine for money, checks, cheques or any other cash 

equivalent 

(Q) "Gaming" or "gambling" or "Gaming Activity" means all forms of Class 11 and Class 111 gaming conducted on 

the Indian Lands of the Tribe. 

(R) "Gaming device" or "Electronic Game of Chance" means a mechanical device, an elecho-mechanical device 

or a device controlled by an electronic microprocessor or another manner, whether that device constitutes 

Class 11 Gaming or Class Ill Gaming, that allows a player or players to play games of chance, whether or 

not the outcome also is affected in some part by skill, and whether the device accepts coins, tokens, bills, 

coupons, ticket vouchers, pull tabs, smart cards, electronic in-house accounting system credits or other 

similar forms of consideration and, through the application of chance, allows a player to become entitled to 

a prize, which may be collected through the dispensing of coins, tokens, bills, coupons, ticket vouchers, 

smart cards, electronic in-house accounting system credits or other similar forms of value. Gaming Device 

does not include any of the following: 

(1) Those technological aids for bingo games that function only as electronic substitutes for bingo 

cards. 

(2) Devices that issue and validate paper lottery products and that are directly operated only by 

Arizona State Lottery licensed retailers and their employees. 

(3) Devices that are operated directly by a lottery player and that dispense paper lottery tickets, if the 

devices do not identify winning or losing lottery tickets, display lottery winnings or disburse 

lottery winnings. 

(4) Devices that are operated directly by a lottery player and that validate paper lottery tickets for a 

game that does not have a predetermined number of winning tickets, if: 

(a) The devices do not allow interactive gaming; 

(b) The devices do not allow a lottery player to play the lottery for immediate payment or 

reward: 

(c) The devices do not disburse lottery wi~ings; and 

(d) The devices are not Video Lottery Terminals. 
(5) Player Activated Lottery Terminals, 

"Gaming equipment" means any equipment or mechanical, electromechanical or electronic contrivance, 

component or machine used remotely or directly in connection with gaming, any game that would not 

othenvise be classified as a gaming device, including dice, playing cards, equipment which affects the proper 

reporting of gaming revenue, computerized systems for monitoring gaming devices and devices for welghiig or 

counting money. 

"Gaming Facility" or "gaming facilities" means the buildings, improvements and facilities in which Gaming is 

conducted. 

"Gaming Operation" means any Gaming Activity conducted within any Gaming Facilities. 

"Gaming Enterprise Division" means the Tribal entity having full authority and responsibility for the operation 

and management of Gaming Activities. 

"Gaming servidsupplier" means a Person or Enterprise that provides any goods or services, except for legal 

services, to the Gaming Enterprise Division in connection with the operation of Gaming Activity in a Gaming 

Facility. 

"Gross gaming revenue" means the total of all cash received as winninband compensation received by the 

Gaming Operation for conducting any game in which the Gaming Opetation is not a party to the wager, less the 

total af all cash paid out as losses to patrons, 

"Internal control system" means written administrative and accounting procedures for the purpose of exercising 

effective control over the it~ternal fiscal affairs of the Gaming Operation. 

"Key Employed' meens: 

(1) A person who performs one or more of the following functions: 

(a) Bingo caller; 

(b) Counting room supervisor 

(c) Chief of security; 

(d) Custodian of gaming supplies or cash: 

(el Floor manager; 

(0 Pit boss; 

(g) Dealer; 

fh) Croupier; 

(i) Approver of credit: or 

(j) Custodian of gambling devices including persons with access to cash and accounting 

records within such devices; 

(2) If not otherwise included, any other person whose total cash compensation is in excess of $SO,M)O 

per year; or 
(3) If not otherwise included, the four most highly compensated persons in the Gaming Enterprise 

Division; or 

(4) Any other person so designated by the Tribe: however, a person designated by the Tribe as a key 

employee purposes other than those set forth in this section is not automatically a "key employee" 

as that phrase is used in this Gaming Ordinance, the Compact, or its appendices. 

(AA) "Lessor" means any person who leases or rents any property, real or personal, to the Oaming Enterprise 

Division. 

(99) "Lease" means any formal or lnfonnal, written or oral, contract or understanding or amtngement whereby any 

operating licensee obtains the use or possession of any gaming device and/or gaming equipment. The term 

"lease" includes, without limitation, payments made to an affiliated, controlled or not controlled, controlling or 

not controlling, person under a gaming device and/or gaming equipment lease. 

(CC) "License" means an approval issued by the Off~ce to any Person or Enterprise to be Involved in the Gaming 

Operation or in the pmviding of Gaming Services to the Gaming Enterprise Division. 

(DD) "Licensee" means any Person or Enterprise who has been licensed by the Office to be involved in the Gaming 

Operation or in tho providing ofGaming Se~ces to the Gaming Enterprise Division. 

(EE) "Management Contract" means a conmt within the meaning of 25 U.S.C. $5271 O(d) (9) and 27 1 I. 

(FF) "Management Contractorn means a natural person or entity that has entered into a Management Contract with 

the Tribe or the Gaming Enterprise Division which has been approved pursuant to 25 U.S.C. @2710(dX9) and 

2711. 

(GG) "Manufacturer" means a natural person or entity that manufactures Gaming Devices and/or component parts 

thereof as defined by this Ordinance for use or play in the Gaming Facilities. 

(HH) "Net revenue" means gross revenues of a gaming activity less amounts paid out as, or paid for, prizes, 

winnings, and total operating expenses, excluding management fees. 

(11) 'WIGC" means National Indian Gaming Commission. 

(JJ) "Office" means the Tribal Gaming Office. 

(KK) "Ordinance" means this Pascua Yaqui Tribe Gaming Ordimance. 

(LL) "Person" includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural 

person. Except as otherwise noted when "Person" is used to designate the violator or offender of any law, 

it includes a corporation, partnership or any association of Persons. 

(MM) "Per Capita Payment" means the distribution of money or other thing of value to all members of the Tribe, or to 

identified groups of members, which Is paid directly from the nct revenues of any Gaming Enterprise Division 

Gaming Activity. 

(NN) "Primary Management Official" means: 

(1) The person (s) having management responsibility for a management contract; 

(2) Any person who has authority: 

(a) To hire and fue employees; or 

(b) To set up working policy for the gaming operation. 
(3) The chief financial officer or other person who has financial management responsibility; or 

(4) Any other person so designated by the Tribe. 

(00) "Principal" means with respect to any Person: 

(1) Each of its officers and directors; 

(2) Each of Its principal manngement employees, including any chief executive officer, chief financial 

officer, chief operating officer or general manager: 

(3) Each of its owners or partners, if an unincorporated business; 

(4) Each of its shareholders who own more than 10% of the shares of the corporation, if a corporation; 

(5) Each person other than a banking institution who has provided financing for the entity constituting 

more than 10% of the total financingof the entity, and 

(6) Each of the beneficiaries, or trustees of a trust 

(PP) "Publicly traded corporation" means any corporation or other legal entity except a natural person which has one 

or more classes of securities registered pursuant to section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as 

amended (15 U.S.C. 5 781), or is an issuer subject to section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as 

amended (I 5 U.S.C. 8 780). 

(QQ) "Regulation" means a rule, standard, directive or statement of general applicability which effechlates the 

provisions and policy of the Act, Compact, this Ordinance or the policy of the Tribe. 

(RR) "Reservation" or "Tribal lands" means Pascua Yaqui Tribe Indian lands as defined by 25 U.S.C. $2703 (4) (A) 

and (B), subject to the provisions of 25 U.S.C. 8 2719. 

(SS) "Respondent" means any licensee or applicant that has been subject to an adverse licensing action. 

(m "Slot machine" means and includes Gaming Device as that term is defined in Section 2(1) of the Compact and 

Paragraph (R) of this Section. 

(W) "State" means the State of Ariina, its authorized officials, agents, and representatives. 

(W) "State Gaming Agency" means the agency of the State which the Governor may from time to rime designate by 

written notice to the Tribe as the single state agency which shall act on behalf of the State under the Compact. 

(WW) "Statistical drop" means the dollar amount of cash wagered by a patron that is placed in the drop box plus the 

dollar amount of chips or tokens purchased at a table by a patron with currency. 

(XX) "Statistical win" means the dollar amount won by the licensee through table play. 

(YY) "Subsidiary" means a corporation, all or any paR of whose outstanding voting securities are owned, subject to a 

power or right of control, or held with power to vote by a publicly haded copration or other holding 

company. 

(ZZ) "Token" means a metal representative of value, redeemable for cash, and issued and sold by the Gaming 

Enterprise Division for use in slot machines or for use in slot machines and at table games a counter games at 

the Gaming Facilify. 
(AAA) "Tribal Gaming Office" means the department, agency, or commission designated by action of the Tribal 

Council as the Tribal entity which shall exercise the civil regulatory authority of the Tribe over Gaming 

Activities within the Tribe. 

0388) "Tribal law enforcement agency" means the police force of the Tribe established and maintained by the Tribe 

pursuant to the Tribe's powers of self-government to cany out law enforcement within the Tribal Lands. 

(CCC) "Wager" means: 

(1) In the case of a Gaming Device, the sum of money placed into the Gaming Device in cash, or cash 

equivalent, by the player which will allow activation of the next random play of the Gaming Device. 

(2) In Ule case of poker, the sum of money placed into the pot and onto the Canl Game Table by the 

player in cash, or cash equivalent, which entitles the player to an initial deal of wds, a subsequent 

deal of a card or cards, or which is required to be placed into the pot and onto the Card Game Table by 

the player entitling the player to continue in the game. 

(3) In the case of blackjack the sum of money in cash, or cash equivalent, placed onto the Card Game 

Table by the player entitling the player to an initial deal of cards and to all subsequent cards requested 

by the player. 

(4) A sum of money or thing of value risked on an uncertain occurrence. 

Sectlon 30 Gaming Authorized (8 PYTC 8 2-1-30) 

Class 1, Class 11, and Class 111 gaming me hereby authorized. 

Seetlon 40 Adoption of tlie Compact (8 PYTC 5 2-1-40) 

(A) The Compact is hereby incorporated into this Ordinance and adopted as the Tribe's law. 

(8) In the event of any conflict between a provision of this Ordinance and a provision of the Compact, the 

provision set forth in the Compact shall be deemed to be controlling, except in the event that the provision 

set forth in this Ordinance is s&ter or more stringent. 

(C) The adoption of the Compact and incorporation herein shall under no circumstances 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 I1 gaming conducted by the Tribe on 

the reservation. 

Section SO Ownership of Gaming (8 PYTC 5 2-1-50) 

The Tribe shall have the sole proprieuuy interest in and responsibility for the conduct of any gaming operation 

authorized by this ordinance. 

Section 60 Use of Gaming Revenue (8 PYTC 8 2-1-60) 

(A) Net revenues f?om Class I1 and Class I11 gaming shall be used only for the following purposes: 

(1) To find tribal government operations and programs; 

(2) To provide for the general welfare of the Tribe and its members; 

(3) To promote bibal economic development; 

(4) To donate to charitable organizations; 
(5) To help fund operations of local government agencies. 

Section 70 Per Capita Payments (8 PYTC (i 2-1-70) 

(A) If the Tribe elects to make per capita payments to tribal members from revenues derived 'om its gaming 

operations, it shall ensure that the following requirements of 25 C.F.R. Part 290 are met: 

(1) The Tribe shall authorize and issue such payments only in accordance with a revenue allocation 

plan submitted to and approved by the Secretary of the Interior under 25 U.S.C. 8 2710(b)(3). 

(2) The Tribe shall ensure that the interests of minors and other legally incompetent persons who are 

entitled to receive any per capita payments under a Tribal per capita payment plan are protected 

and preserved, and that the per capita payments are disbursed to the parents or legal guardian of 

such minors or legal incompetents in such amounts as may be necessary for the health, education. 

or welfare of the minor or other legally incompetent person, under a plan approved by the Tribe 

and the Secretary of the Interior. The Tribe must also establish criteria and a process for 

withdrawal of funds by the parent or legal guardian. 

(3) The Tribal Council shall designate or create a Tribal court system, forum, or administrative 

process for resolution of disputes concerning the allocatlon of net gaming revenues and the 

distribution of per capita payments and will explain how it will correct for deficiencies. 

(4) The Tribal Council shall ensure that the Tribal revenue allocation plan reserves an adequate 

portion of net gaming revenues from the tribal gaming activity to do one or more of the following 

purposes: find Tribal government operations or programs; provide for the general welfare of the 

Tribe or its members; promote tribal economic development; donate to charitable organizations; or 

to help fund operations of local government. 

(5) The Tribal Councli shall ensure that distributions of per capita payments are made according to 

specific eligibility requirements. 

(6) The Tribal Council shall ensure that Tribal members are notified of the tax liability for per capita 

payments and how taxes will be withheld. 

Section 80 Protectlon of the Environment and Public Health and Safety (8 PYTC (i 2-1-80) 

Gaming Facilities shall be constructed, maintained and operated in a manner that adequately protects the environment 

and the public health and safety. 

Section 90 Interpretation and Definitions as used in thh Chapter (8 PYTC ij 2-1-90) 

If the definition of a term provided in this Ordinance directly conflicts with the definition of the same tern addrmimg the 

me subject matter in the Act (e.g., both terms define the same aspect of Class Ill, but not Class I1 gaming), the 

definition of that term in the Act shall control. A deflnition in this Ordinance shall not be deemed in conflict with the Act 

when the Ordiice definition merely varies 'om or expands on the definition of the same term in the Act. The same 

NI~S of construction shall apply to terms defined in both this Ordinance and in the Compact. 

SUBCHAPTER B LICENSING 

Section 100 Types of Licenses Requlred (8 PYTC (i 2-1-100) 

(A) The following individuals/entities shall be licensed by the Office. > 

(1) All Employees of the Gaming Enterprise Division including Key Employees and Primary 

Management Officials 
(2) Employees of the Tribal Gaming Office 

(3) Gaming Device Manufacturers; 

(4) Gaming Device Distributors; 

(5) Financiers; 

(6) Gaming Facilities; and 

(7) Anyone person whose employment duties require or authorize access to restricted areas of a 

Gaming Facility not otherwise open to the public. 

Section 110 Gaming Enterprise Dlvision Employee License (8 PYTC 8 2-1-110) 

(A) Requirement of License. All Gaming Enterprise Division employees shall be required to obtain a license 

from the Office, and no person may commence or continue employment as a Gaming Enterprise Division 

employee unless he or she is the holder of a valid license issued by the Office, and is certified by the State 

Gaming Agency, if so required by the Compact. 

(B) The Office may create a multi-tiered licensure system which requires a greater degree of information be 

provided and a more comprehensive background investigation for various positions and authorities within 

the Gaming Enterprise Division. 

(C) These licenses may be defined by position, such as, Cbief Executive Officer, Vice President, Department 

Director, Manager, Supervisor, and Line Employee. 

(D) Whenever it is the judgment of the Oflice that the policies set forth in the Compact or this Ordinance will 

be served by requiring any Person or Enterprise to be licensed or found suitable as a Key Employee, the 

Office shall serve notice of such determination upon the Gaming Enterprise Division, or the licensee, as 

appropriate. 

(I) The Office shall not be restricted by the title of the job performed but shall consider the functions 

and responsibilities of the person involved in making its decision as to key employee status. 

(2) Grounds for requiring licensing as a key employee include but are not limited to the following: 

(a) The key employee is new to the Gaming Enterprise Division, or the business of the 

licensee, the position, or the level of influence or responsibility which he has and the 

Office has little or outdated information concerning his character, background, 

reputation, or associations, or 

(b) Information has been received by the Office which, if hue, would constitute grounds for a 

finding of unsuitability to be associated with the Gaming Enterprise Division or a 

licensee. 

(3) The Gaming Enterprise Division or licensee shall, within 30 days following receipt of the notice 

of the Office's determination, present the application for licensing of the key employee to the 

Office or provide documentary evidence that such key employee is no longer employed by the 

Gaming Enterprise Division or licensee. 

Section 120 Tribal Gaming Office Employees License (8 PYTC $2-1-120) 
All Tribal Gamins Office employees shall be required to obtain a license from the Tribal Gamine Office, and no 

person may commence or continue employment as a Tribal Gaming Office employee unless he orihe is the holder 

of a valid license issued by the Tribal Gaming Office, and is certified by the State Gaming Agency if so required by 

the Compact. 

Section 130 Gaming Device Manufacturers and Distributors nnd Gaming Service Suppliers Lieense (8 

PYTC 8 2-3-130) 

Each Manufacturer and each Distributor of Gaming Devices shall be licensed by the Office, and certified by the 

State Gaming Agency if so required by tlre Compact, before selling or leasing any Gaming Devices to the Gaming 

Enterprise Division. The Office may but is,not required to promulgate regulations allowing For the licensing by the 

Ofice of all or certain Gaming Service Suppliers. 

Section 140 Financiers License (8 PYTC 2-1-140) 

Any Person or Enterprise extending financing to the Gaming Enterprise Division shall be licensed by the Office, and 

certified by the state Gaming Agency if so required by the compact, unless said Penon is an agency of the United 

States or a lending institution licensed and regulated by the State or the United States. 

Section 150 Gaming Facility License (8 PYTC 8 2-1-150) 

No Gaming Activities shall be conducted in any Gaming Facility unless the Office tirst has issued a Gaming Facility 

License for that Gaming Facility under the provisions of this Ordinance. The Office shall issue a separate license 

to each place, facility, or location on Indian lands where the Tribe elects to allow class 11 gaming. 

Section 160 Temporary Licenses (8 PYTC 5 2-1-160) 

(A) Within 20 days of the receipt of a complete Application for a tribal gaming license, the Office may issue a 

temporary license to the Applicant unless the background investigation undertaken by the Office discloses 

that the Applicant has a criminal history, or unless other grounds sufficient to disqualify the Applicant are 

apparent on the face of the application. 

(B) The tempMary license shall become void and be of no effect upon either the issuance of a tribal gaming 

license or upon the issuance of a notice of denial. 

Section 170 Other Licenses (8 PYTC g 2-1-170) 

Any other Person or Enterprise whose employment duties require or authorize access to restricted areas of a Gaming 

Facility not otherwise open to the public must obtain a license issued by the Office, and shall also be certified by the 

State Gaming Agency if so required by the Compact. 

SUBCHAPTER C LICENSING APPLICATION PROCESS 

Section 180 License Application Procedure (8 PYTC 5 2-1-180) 

(A) Applications; General 

(1) Unless other wise exempted in this Ordinance, every Person or Enterprise that desires to be employed 

by, or conduct business with, the Gaming Enterprise Division must apply for and be issued a tribal 

gaming license before they begin employment or conduct business with the Gaming Enterprise 

Division. 

(2) An application for a license or finding of suitability is seeking the granting of a privilege, and the 

burden of proving qualification to receive such license or finding of suitability is at all times on the 

applicant. An applicant must accept any risk of adverse public notice, embarrassment, criticism, or 
other action or financial loss which may result from action with respect to an application and expressly 

waive any claim for damages against the Tribe as a result thereof. 

(3) An application for a license or a finding of suitability shall constitute a request to the Office for a 

decision upon the applicant's general suitability, character, irtegrity, and ability to participate or 

engage in, or be asswiated with, the Gaming Operation in the manner or position sought by the 

applicatiq or the nranner or pmition generally similar thereto. 

(4) All license applications of the Office for key employees and primary management officials shall 

contain a Privacy Act Notice in accordance with 25 C.F.R. 85562. 

(5) All license applications of the OHce for key employees and primary management officials shall 

contain a notice regarding false statements in accordance with 25 C.F.R. $556.3. 

(6) By filing an application with the Office, the applicant specifically consents to the making of such a 

dwision by the Office at its election when the application, afier filing, becomes moot for any reason 

other than death. 

(B) Applications; Primary Management Officials and Key Employees 

For purposes of conducting a background investigation on each applicant for a primary management official or key 

employee position, the Office shall request from each primary management official and key employee applicant all 

of the following information: 

(1) Full name, other names used (oral or written), social security numbefls), birth date, place of birth, 

citizenship, gender, all languages (spoken or written); 

(2) 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; 

(3) 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 (BXZ) of this 

section; 

(4) Current business and residence telephone numbers; 

(5) A description of any existing and previous business relationships with Indian tribes, including 

ownership interests in those businesses; 

(6) A description of any existing and previous business relationships with the gamlng industry generally, 

including ownership interests in those businesses; 

(7) 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; 

(8) 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; 

(9) 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; 
(10) For each cvlminal charge (excluding minor traffic charges) whether or not there is a conviction, if such 

criminal charge is within 10 yeam ofthe date ofthe application and is not otherwise listed pursuant to 

paragraph (a)@) or (a)(9) of this section, the criminal charge, the name and address ofthe court involved 

and the date and disposition; 

(I 1) 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; 

(12) A photograph; 

(13) any other information the Office deems relevant. 

(13) the Office shall take the fingerprints ofthe applicant. 

(14) the Office shall forward to the NlGC a completed application containing the information listed in this 

section (B)(I)-(13) above. 

Section 190 Summoning of Applitions (8 PYTC 5 2-1-190) 

The Office may summon any person applying for a license or finding of suitability to appear and testify before it or its 

agents at such time and place as it may designate. All such testimony may be under oath and embrace any matter which 

is relevant to the application. Failure to so appear and testify fully at the time and place designated, unless excused, 

constitute8 grounds for denial of the application without further consideration by the Office. 

SUBCHAPTER D BACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS 

Section 200 Background Investigations; Notifications (8 PYTC 8 2-1-200) 

(A) General 

(I) Once the Applicant has submitted a complete application, the Office shall conduct a background 

investigation on the Applicant. 

(2) The Office shall at all times have in place, and shall regularly update and improve, a system for 

conducting background investigations of every applicant for licensing under this Ordinance. 

(3) The system shall comply with the requirements of the Act, the Compact, the Ordinance, or any 

OHce regulation, and shall include, at a minimum, the use of records of all available tribal, state 

and federal law enforcement agencies, resources of the Office, communications with other lndii 

tribes engaged in Gaming Activities, information obtained from other tribal government offices, as 

allowed by law, and any other sources of information reasonably accessible to the Office for this 

Purpose. 

(4) The Office shall take the fingerprints of each Applicant for use in conducting a criminal history 

check using the criminal history records information maintained by the Federal Bureau of 

Investigation. 

(5) Background investigations shall be updated upon application for renewal of a license, and at such 

other times as the Office may determine appropriate. 

(6) The Office shall prepare a background investigation report on every applicant which 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. 

(7) The Oftice shall maintain files containing the results of any background investigations conducted 

by it for the longer of five years from the date of a licensee's tennination of employment, with 

respect to the files for a licensee; or the term of record retention required by the Compact. Such 

files shall contain systems designed to safeguard the identities of confidential informants fkom 

inadvertent disclosure. 

(8) In conducting such background investigations, the Office and its agents shall promise to keep 

confidential the identity of each person interviewed in the course of the investigation. 

(9) The Office shall ensure that all records and information obtained as a result of an employee 

background investigation shall remain confidential and shall not be disclosed to persons who are 

not directly involved in the licensing and employment processes, Information obtained during the 

course of an employee background investigation shall be disclosed to members of management, 

human resource personnel, or others employed by the Gaming Enterprise Division on a need-toknow basis for actions taken in their official capacities. Background investigation information 

shall also be disclosed to law enforcement agencies and to the Oftice of the Attorney General upon 

written request to the Executive Director. With respect to applications and records of background 

investigatios for primary management officials and key employees, these shall be made available 

for inspection by the Chairman of the NlGC or his or her designee for not less than three (3) years 

from the date of termination of employment. 

(10) The Oftice may issue additional regulations regarding background investigations. 

(B) Notification to the NIGC: Primary Management Officials and Key Employees 

(I) The Offtce shall prepare a report on each background investigation regarding a Primary 

Management Official or Key Employee. An investigative report shall include: 

(a) Steps taken in conducting a background investigation; 

(b) Results obtained; 

(c) Conclusions reached; and 

(d) The bases for these conclusions. 

(2) The Office shall forward to the NlGC from the results of the background investigation the 

following information: 

(a) Tribal Affiliation; 

(b) Employee name, date of birth, and social security number; 

(c) ~ppli&t status, i.e., key employee or primary management official; 

(d) Synopsis of background investigation conducted and the results of the investigation; and 

(e) Suitability determination, i.e., license granted, denied or revoked. 

(f) The date the applicant began work; and 

(g) Any other information required under 25 C.F.R. 8556. 
(3) The Office shall forward the information listed in section 200 (BXZ)(a)-(p) above to the NlGC 

within 60 days after an employee begins work or within 60 days of the approval ofthis Ordinance 

by the Chainnan of the NIGC. 

(4) During a 30 day period beginning when the NlGC receives an investigative report, the Chairman 

of the NIGC may request additional information 'om the Office 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 until the Chainnan of the NlGC receives the additional information. 

(5) If, within the 30-day period described in subparagraph (B) (4) of this section, the NlGC provides 

the Office with a statement itemizing objections to the issuance of a license to a key employee or 

to a primary management official for whom the tribe has provided an application and investigative 

report to the NlGC pursuant to subparagraph (B) (1) of this section, the Ofice shall reconsider the 

application, taking into account the objectiota itemized by the NIGC. 

(6) If, within the 30 day period after the NlGC receivm an investigative report, the NlGC notifies the 

Office 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 Offioe has provided an 

application and investigative report to the NIGC, the Office may issue a license to such applicant. 

(7) The Office shall notify the NIGC if the Office does not license an applicant for a key employee or 

primary management official, and may forward copies of its investigative report, if any, to the 

NlGC for inclusion in the Indian Gaming Individuals Records System. 

(8) Upon issuing a license to a Primary Management Official or Key Employee under this Ordinance, 

the Office shall give notice thereof to the NIGC. 

SUBCHAPTER E LICENSING STANDARDS 

Sectiin 210 Standards of Suitability for Issuing Licenses (8 PYTC ij 2-1-210) 

(A) General Standards. The Office shall not issue a license to an Applicant or shall revoke a license if it 

determines that the Applicant or Licensee: 

(1) Has been convicted of any felony or gaming offense; 

(2) Has knowingly and willfully provided materially important false stntements or information or 

omined materially important information on his or her license application; or 

(3) is an individual whose prior activities, criminal record, if any, or reputation, habits, and 

associations pose athreat to the public inte~est OI to the effective regulatiw and control of gaming, 

or create or enhance the dangers of unsuitable, unfair, or illegal practices, methods, and activities 

in the conduct of gaming or the canying on of the business and financial arrangements incidental 

thereto. 

(4) Is under the age of 18, 

(B) Enterprise Standards. 

(1) Management Conmctors. No license or finding of suitability shall be granted to a management 

contractor unless and until the applicant has satisfied the Oflice that the funding ofthe enterprise is: 

(a) Adequate for the nature of the enterprise, and 
(b) from a suitable source. The suitability of the source of funds shall be determined by the 

standards enumerated in Section 210(A) above. 

(2) In making a determination of whether to issue a license to an Enterprise, the Office shall consider 

whether the Enterprise: 

(a) is organized and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction where it was 

established, and is qualified to do business within the Tribe and the State of Arizona; 

(b) is in sound financial condition, as shown (at a minimum) by a financial statement 

certified by the entity's chief executive officer (or equivalent) to be a fair presentation in 

all material respects of the financial position and results of operations of the entity; 

(c) has established a reputation for financial integrity and sound busjness practices, or, if the 

entity was recently formed, that all Persons having a role in its formation, including its 

Principals, are qualitied to be licensed individually under the terms of this Ordinance; 

(d) is in all other respects reliable and trustworthy, and whose involvement in Gaming 

Activities within the Tribe will be in the best interests of the Tribe as set forth in this 

Ordinance. 

(e) has been licensed by any other Tribe in the State of Arizona. 

(0 The Office shall not issue a license to any Enterprise unless the Enterprise agrees to give 

the Office notice within 10 days of any change in its Principals, of any change in the 

location of its office(.%), and of any material change in the information disclosed in its 

application for its license. 

(C) Gaming Facility License Standards 

(1) The Office shall not issue a Gaming Facility license for any facility at which Gaming Activities 

are to be offered unless the Gaming Facility meets the following requirements 

(a) the physical facility within which the Gaming Activities are to be conducted is designed 

and constructed in compliance with the laws of the Tribe, the requirements of the 

Compact and the requirements of the Act, so as to ensure the health and safety of all 

employees and patrons of such activities, and the protection of the natural environment 

from any contamination due to discharge of waste or unreasonable disturbance of the 

land surface; 

(b) The Gaming Activities to be conducted within the Gaming Facility will lawfully be 

curried on by the Tribe under the Ordinance, Compact, and the Act, and the facilities are 

appropriate to the canying on of such activities; 

(c) the Gaming Enterprise Division will adequately staff and equip the Gaming Facility to 

ensure the safety, comfort and convenience of the patrons thereof, and the Gaming 

Enterprise Division has taken adequate measures to provide for traffic, emergency service 

accessibility, food, drink and sanitary needs for patrons and employees, security, law 

enforcement and other concerns raised by the type of Gaming Activities proposed to be 

undertaken in compliance with this Ordinance, the Compact, and the Act; 

(d) the Gaming Enterprise Division has or will use Gaming Devices and Gaming Equipment 

that has been inspected and approved by the Office, as required by this Ordinance and the 

Compact; 
(e) if the Gaming Enterprise Division has entered into a Management Contract or has made 

provision for management of the facility, the contract must include terms and provisions 

that ensure that the Gaming Activities will be carried out in a manner consistent with the 

requirementa of the Act, the Compact, the Ordinance, or any Office regulation, and that 

the coneacting party or parties have received appropriate licenses issued under the 

provisions of the Act, the Compact, the Ordinance, or any Office regulation, and has 

submitted a copy of the Management Contract to the Office for forwarding to the NIGC; 

(0 if the Gaming Enterprise Division has entered into a Consultant Conmct or has made 

provisions for management of the facility, the contract must include terms and provisions 

that ensure that the Gaming Activities will be carried out in a manner consistent with the 

requirements of the Act, the Compact, the Ordinance, or any Oftice regulation, and that 

the coneacting party or parties have received appropriate licenses issued under the 

provisions of the Act, the Compact, the Ordinance, or any Ofice regulation, and has 

submitted a copy of the Consulting Contract to the Office; and 

(g) in all other relevant respects, the Ganiing Facility will be operated in a way that is fully 

consistent with the provisions of the Act, the Compact, the Ordinance, or any Office 

regulation, and that its operation will further the interests of the Tribe with respect to its 

operation of Gaming Activities. 

Section 220 Grounds for Adverse Licensing Action (8 PYTC 5 2-1-220) 

(A) General. The Ofice may deny, suspend, or revoke a license when an Applicant or Licensee: 

(1) Has violated, failed, or refused to comply with the provisions, requirements, conditions, 

limitations or duties imposed by the Act, the Compact, the Ordinance, or any Office regulation,, or 

when any such violation has occurred upon any premises occupied or operated by any such person 

or over which he or she has substantial control; 

(2) Knowingly causes, aids, abet, or conspire with another to cause any Person to violate the Act, the 

Compact, the Ordinance, or any Office regulation; 

(3) Has obtained a tribal license by hud, misrepresentation, concealment or through inadvertence or 

mistake; 

(4) Has been convicted of, or forfeited bond upon a charge of, or pleaded guilty to, forgery, larceny, 

extortion, conspiracy to defraud, willful failure to make required payment or reports to any tribal, 

state or United States governmental agency at any level, or tiling false reports therewith, or of any 

similar offense or offenses or of bribing or otherwise unlawfully influencing a public official or 

employee of a tribe, any state of the United States or of any crime, whether a felony or 

misdemeanor, involving any Gaming Activity or physical harm to individuals or moral turpitude; 

(5) Makes a misrepresentation of, or fails to disclose, a material fact to the Office or State Gaming 

Agency; 

(6) Fails to prove, by clear and convincing evidence, that they are qualified in accordance with the 

provisions of the Act, the Compact, the Ordinance, or any Office regulation,; 

(7) Is subject to current prosecution or pending charges, or a conviction which is under appeal, for any 

of the offenses included under Section 210(A) of this Ordinance; provided that, at the request of 

an Applicant for an original license, the Office may defer decision upon the Application during the 

pendency of such prosecution or appeal; 

(8) Has had a gaming license issued by any state or tribe in the United States revoked or denied, 
(9) Has demonstrated a willful disregard for compliance with gaming regulatory authority in any 

jurisdiction, including suspension, revocation, denial of Application or forfeiture of license: 

(10) Has pursued or is pursuing economic gain in an occupational manner or context which is in 

violation of the criminal laws of any tribe or state if such pursuit creates probable cause to believe 

that the participation of such Person in gaming or related activities would be detrimental to the 

proper operation of an authorized gaming or related activity on the Reservation. For the purposes 

of this paragraph, occupational manner or context shall be defined as the systematic planning, 

administration, management or execution of an activity for financial gain: 

(1 1) Is a career offender or a member of a career offender organization or an associate of a career 

offender or cereer offender organization in such a manner which creates probable cause to believe 

that the association is of such a nature as to be detrimental to the proper operation of the 

authorized gaming or related activities on the Reservation. For the purposes of this paragraph, 

career offender shall be defined as any Person whose behavior is pursued in an occupational 

manner or context for the purposes of economic gain utilizing such methods as are deemed 

criminal violations of state law or federal law or that violate the Compact or any Tribal ordinance 

or regulation governing gaming or that constitute offenses involving moral turpitude A career 

offender organization shall be defined as any group of Persons who operate together as career 

offenders; 

(12) Is a Person whose prior activities, aiminal record, if any, reputation, habits and associations pose 

a threat to the public interest of the Tribe or the State or to the effective regulation and control of 

Gaming, or creates or enhances the dangers of unsuitable, unfair or illegal practices, methods and 

activities in the conduct of Gaming, or the carrying on ofthe business and financial arrangements 

incidental thereto; 

(13) Fails to provide any information requested by the Office within 14 days of the request for the 

information; 

(14) Fails to noti* the Office within three business days of any arrest, criminal indictment, complaint, 

or any pending criminal investigation. Notification shall consist of a written statement from the 

licensee filled out on a form furnished by the Office. A licensee may initially provide a verbal 

notice if tilling out the fonn is not possible, but must till out the form as soon as reasonably 

possible; 

(1 5) Is associated with, or controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control by, an unsuitable 

person. 

(16) If, in applying the above standards for a key employee or a primary management official, the Office 

determines that licensing of the person poses a threat to the public interest or to the 

effective regulation of gaming, or creates or enhances the dangers of unsuitable, unfair, or 

illegal practices and methods and activities in the conduct of gaming, the Office shall not 

license that person in a key employee or primary management official position. 

(B) Gaming Operation 

(I) It is the policy of the Tribe to require that the Gaming Enterprise Division, and all enterprises 

licensed or found suitable in connection therewith, are conducted in a manner suitable to protect 

the public health, safely, morals. good order and gcneral welfare of the Tribe. 

(2) Responsibility for the employment and maintenance of suitable methods of operation rests with 

the licensee and the Gaming Enterprise Division and willful or persistent use or toleration of 

methods of operation deemed unsuitable will constitute grounds for license revocation or other 

disciplinary action. 
(3) As such, the Office deems that any activity on the part of the Gaming Enterprise Division or any 

licensee, his agents or employees, that violates the Compact or any Tribal ordinance or regulation 

governing gaming or that constitute offenses involving moral turpitude, to be an unsuitable 

method of operation and shall be gmunds for adverse licensing action, including summary 

suspension of any tribal license, by the Office in accordance with the Compact, this Ordinance, 

and the regulations of the Oftice. 

(4) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the following acts or omissions may be 

determined to be unsuitable methods of operation: 

(a) Catering to, assisting, employing or associating with, either socially or in business affairs, 

persons who have been identified in writing by the Office or the State Gaming Agency as 

persons of notorious or unsavory reputation or who have extensive police records, or 

persons who have defied congressional investigative committees or other officially 

constituted bodies acting on behalf of the United States, or any state, or the employing 

either directly or through a contract, or any other means, of any tirm or individual in any 

capacity where the repute of the Tribe or the Gaming Operation is liable to be damaged 

because of the u~isuitability of the firm or Individual or because of the unethical methods 

of operation of the firm or individual. 

(b) Employing in a position for which the individual could be required to be licensed as a key 

employee, any person who has been denied a license or a finding of suitability or who has 

failed or refused to apply for licensing as a key employee when so requested by the 

Office. 

(c) Employing in the Gaming Operation or the business of a licensee any person whom the 

Tribe or any court has found guilty of cheating or using any improper device in 

connection with any game, whether as a licensee, dealer, or player at a licensed game or 

device; as well as any person whose conduct of a licensed game as a dealer or other 

employee of a licensee resulted in revocation or suspension of the license of such 

licensee. 

(d) Failure to comply with or make provision for compliance with all Tribal, federal, and 

state laws and regulations pertaining to the operations of the Gaming Facility or a 

licensee, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, payment of all 

license fees. 

(e) Possessing or permitting to remain in or upon the premises of the Gaming Facility any 

cards, dice, mechanical device or any other cheating device whatever, the use of which is 

prohibited by statute or ordinance, or conducting, carrying on, operating or dealing any 

cheating or thieving game or device on the premises of the Gaming Facility, either 

knowingly or unknowingly, which may have in any manner been marked, tampered with 

or otherwise placed in a condition, or operated in a manner, which tends to deceive the 

public or which might make the game more liable to win or lose, or which tends to alter 

the normal random selectiol~ of criteria which determine the results of the game. 

(f) Denying any agent of the Office, the State Gaming Agency, or Tribal police, upon proper 

and lawful demand, access to, inspection or disclosure of any portion or aspect of the 

Gaming Facility as authorized by this Ordinance and the Compact. 

(C) Information obtained from the NIGC 

(1) If the Offiee receives information from the NIGC indicating that a Primary Management Official or 

Key Employee does not meet the standards established in this Ordinance or in the Act for issuance of 

such a license. the Office shall: 
(a) Immediately suspend such license and give wrilten notice of the suspension and proposed 

revocation to the licensee. 

(b) The Office shall notify the licensee of a time and place for a hearing on the proposed 

revocation of a license; 

(c) After a revocation hearing, the Office shall decide to revoke or to reinstate a gaming license; 

and 

(d) The Office shall notify the Commission of its decision. 

SUBCHAPTER F LICENSE APPLICATION DECISIONS 

Section 230 Issuance of License (8 PYTC 5 2-1-230) 

(A) The Office shall issue a license to an applicant if it determines that the applicant satisfies the standards set 

forth in Section 210 and that there are no grounds for denial as set forth In Section 220. 

(B) Conditional Licenses. The Office may promulgate regulations regarding the issuance of conditional 

licenses. 

Section 240 Denial olLicense (8 PYTC 5 2-1340) 

(A) The Office shall deny an application for a license if it determines that the Applicant has failed to meet the 

standards set forth in Section 210 and/or that there are grounds for denial as set forth in Section 220. 

(I) Applicants shall be notified of the Office's decision and shall be informed of their right to appeal 

the decision pursuant to Subchapter K below. 

(2) Any Person or Enterprise whose application has been denied is not eligible to apply again for a 

license, for at least one year from the date of such denial, unless the Office advises that the denial is 

without prejudice as to delay in reapplication. 

Section 250 Issuance of Gamlng Facility License Appllcrtions (8 PYTC g 2-1-250) 

(A) In its decision to license any Gaming Facility, to amend any existing license to permit the conduct of new 

or different Gaming Activities at a licensed facility, or to renew a Gamlng Facility License, the Office may: 

(1) Specify, consistent with the provisions of this Ordinance, terms or conditions it believes necessary 

or appropriate to ensure the health and safety of patrons and employees of any such facility, the 

integrity of the Gaming Activities carried on at such facility, the Gaming Enterprise Division's 

ability to account for and protect its assets, and the security of gaming proceeds. 

(2) If dissatisfied with any such condition, the Applicant may submit a written request to the 

Executive Director of the Office that the Office reconsider its determination. 

(3) Upon such request for reconsideration, the Office shall issue a written decision within IS days of 

its receipt of the request for reconsideration. The written decision of the Executive Director shall 

constitute final action of the Office. 
SUBCHAPTER G LICENSING TERMSIFEES 

Seetion 260 License Terms; Renewal (8 PYTC 5 2-1-260) 

(A) Licenses issued by the Ofice to Gaming Enterprise Division employees and to Office employees shall be 

effective for one year from the date of issuance. 

(B) Licenses issued by the OWce to Management Conttactors, financiers, manufacturers and dishibutors of 

Gaming Devices, and Persons or Enterprises providing Gaming Services, shall be effective for two years 

from the dnte of issuance. Such license may be renewed for subsequent two year terms upon proper 

application on forms specified by the Office. 

(C) Licenses issued by the Office for the Oaming Facility shall be effective for one year Bom the date of 

issuance. The Gaming Enterprise Division may continue to operate a Gaming Facility under an expired 

license until action is taken on the renewal application by the Omce. 

(D) A licensee that has applied for a renewal may continue to be employed or engaged under the expired 

license until action is taken on the renewal application by the Office. 

(E) Applicants for renewal of a license shall provide updated material as requested, on the appropriate renewal 

forms, to the Office but shall not be required to resubmit historical data already available to the Office. 

Additional background investigations shall not be required of Applicants for renewal unless new 

information concerning the Applicant's continuing eligibility for a license is discovered. 

Section 270 Lieense Fees (8 PYTC 5 2-1370) 

(A) The Office, shall by regulation, establish the fees for Tribal Gaming Licenses. 

(6) Except as otherwise provided herein, all fees and costs incurred in conjunction with the investigation of any 

application to the Office must be paid by the applicant in the manner prescribed by this Section. 

(C) In addition to any nonrefundable application fees paid, the Ofice may require an applicant to pay such 

supplementary investigative fees and costs as may be determined by the Office pursuant tothe Compact. 

(D) The Office may estimate the supplementary investigative fees and costs and require a deposit to be paid by the 

applicant in advance as a condition precedent to beginning or continuing an investigation. 

(E) The Office will not take final action to approve any application unless all application and investigative fees and 

costs have been paid in full. The Office may deny the application if the applicant has failed or refused to pay 

all application and investigative fees and costs. 

(F) Ahr all supplementary investigative fees ~d costs have been paid by an applicant, the Office shall refund to 

the person who mnde the required deposit any balance remaining in the investigative account of the applicant. 

(G) The Office may, for good cause, waive the licensing fee. 

SURCHAITER H REPORTING REQUIREMENTS 

Section 280 Gaming Enterprise Division Reporting Reguirements (8 PYTC 5 2-1380) 

(A) Propaar Report. The Gaming Enterprise Division shall report to the Ot?ice all leases for gaming devices and 

equipment to which it is a pruty not later than 30 days afier the effective date of the lease, unless required earlier by 

Wment, and shall include the following information: 

(1) The name, address, and a brief statement of the nature of the business of the lessor. 
(2) A brief description of the material terms of the lease. 

(3) A brief description of any business relationships between the operating licensee and the lessor other 

than by the lease. 

(B) Periodic reports. The Gaming Enterprise Division shall report to the Office any changes in the lease within 30 

days after such changes occur. 

(C) Employee Report. 

(I) Annually, oli or before the 30th of April, the Gamlng Enterprise Division shall submit an employee 

report to the Oflice on a form to be furnished by the Office. The report shall identify every individual 

who is directly or indirectly engaged in the administration or supervision of the Gaming Operation or 

physical security activities of the Gaming Enterprise Division. The following classes of gaming 

employees are presumed to be actively and directly engaged in the adminismtion or supervision of 

gaming: 

(a) Key employees and Primary Management Ofllcials. 

(2) The annual employee report shall also include a description of the gaming duties, responsibilities, 

and authority delegated to each individual identified in the report. 

(3) Any changes, additions, or deletions to any Information contained wlthin the annual employee 

report which occurs subsequent to the filing of the repon and prior to the filing of the report for 

the next calendar year shall be reported to the Ofice in writing no less than 10 days after the end 

of the calendar quarter during which the change, addition, or deletion occurred. 

(D) Audit 

(I) The Gaming Enterprise Division, in accordance with the Compact and subject to %bal Council 

appmval, shall select independent certified accountants to perform an annual audit of the following 

audit functions for the Gaming Operation: 

(a) To coilduct periodic audits or reviews of the books and records of the Gaming Operation; 

@) To review the accounting methods and pmcedures used by the Gaming Enterprise Division; 

(c) To review and observe methods and procedures used by the Wing Enterprise Division to 

count and handle cash, chips, tokens, and negotiable instluments; cheques and cash 

equivalents. 

(d) To examine and review the Gaming Enterprise Division's internal control pmeedures and, if 

applicable, the Manager Con(ractor's compliance therewith; 

(e) To examine all contracts for suppliers, services or concessions for any contract amount in 

excess of $25.000 annually (except contracts for professional legal or acwunting services) 

relating to Class Ii and Class Ill Gaming operated by the Gaming Enterprise Division. 

(2) Such independent certified public accountant shall submit an audit report expressing an 

unqualified or qualified opinion or, if appropriate, disclaim any opinion on the financial statement 

taken as a whole in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards published by the 

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. The examination and audit shall disclose 
whether the accounts, records and internal controls and accounting procedures maintained by the 

licensed Gaming Facility are as required by the Act, the Compact, the Ordinance, or any Office 

regulation. 

(3) To facilitate the completion of such audits and presentation of such financial statements: 

(a) The Gaming Enterprise Division shall make and maintain complete, accurate and legible, 

records of all transactions pertaining to any Gaming Activities and any other revenue 

producing activities conducted by the Gaming Enterprise Division at or in conjunction 

with any Gaming Facility licensed hereunder. Such records as well as all original entry 

transaction records shall be maintained for at least seven years from the date on which 

they are made, and shall be maintained on the licensed premises; 

(b) The Gaming Enterprise Division shall maintain general accounting records on a double 

entry system of accounting with detailed, supporting subsidiary records sufficient to 

furnish the information required for the standard financial reports to adequately reflect 

gross income and expenses related to gamlng and subsidiary operations; and 

(c) The Office, when it deems necessary, may request additional information, hm either the 

Gaming Enterprise Division or the independent accountant thmugh the Gaming 

Enterprise Division, regarding the financial statement, the audit or both. In addition, 

copies of all letters fmm the independent accountant to the Gaming Enterprise Division 

regarding internal control matters shall be provided to the Office within 30 calendar days 

after receipt by the Gaming Enterprise Division. 

(d) The Office shall provide copies of all annual audits of Gaming Activities and Gaming 

Operations to the NIGC andlor to the State Gaming Agency, as required by law. Nothing 

herein shall limit the Tribal Council or the Office to require such further internal 

intermittent or other audits as may be deemed appropriate. 

(4) The Gaming Enterprise Division shall provide a copy of the annual audit to the Office, at its own 

expense, no later than 120 days after the end of the Gaming Enterprise Division's fiscal year. 

(E) Retention of Records. All books and records relating to authorized Gaming Activities, including the 

records of any Management Contractor, the Gaming Enterprise Division and the Office, shall be separately 

maintained in order to facilitate auditing of these books and records to ensure compliance with the 

Compact. The Gaming Enterprise Division shall maintain all records it mates or receives relating to the 

operation and management of Gaming Activity. Records of the Office and the Gaming Enterprise Division 

may be destroyed prior to the time set forth as allowed by Compact and any amendments thereto. 

Provisions in the Gaming Enterprise Division Ordinance that allow others access to these records is not 

supplanted by these provisions. 

(F) Loans to Gaming Enterprise Division. Whenever the Gaming Enterprise Division receives, accepts, or makes use 

of any loans, it shall notify the Office within 30 days of such transaction. Such notice shall be on forms pmvided 

by the Office and shall include a report of the names and addresses of all p;uties to the mction, the amount and 

som of the funds, property or credit received or applied, the nature and amount of security pmvided by or on 

behalf of the Gaming Enterprise Division, the purpose of the transaction, and such other information as the Office 

may require. The report shall be accompanied or supplemented by copies of documents, and such other 

suppotting data as the Office may require. 

(G) Gaming Revenue Reports: The Gaming Enterprise Division must provide the Office with a rerepon of the monthly 

distributions paid to the Tribe within five days of making the distribution. 
SUBCHAPTER I OPERATIONAL KFQUlaEMeNTs 

Section 290 Gift Policy (8 PYTC 8 2-1-290) 

(A) Every Person and Enterprise shail be prohibited fmm offering, giving, or providing any gift to any specific 

employee(s) of the Gaming Enterprise Division where such giA is intended, appears to be intended, or 

reasonably could create the appearance of intent, to influence the Gaming Enterprise Division employee 

whether within or outside the authority ofthe employee. 

(8) Every Person and Enterprise shall report any gift@) given to employees of the Gaming Enterprise Division 

that total more than $100 in a single month to the Office. 

Seetion 300 Hours of Operation (8 PYTC 8 2-1-300) 

Consistent with the provisions of the Compact, the Office may by regulation establish the permissible hours and days of 

operation of Gaming Activities. The regulation may authorize the Gaming Enterprise Division to operate Gaming Facilities 

and conduct Gaming Activities 24 hours a day, seven days a week 

Section 310 Gaming by Principles and Key Employees (8 PYTC 8 2-1-310) 

No person who is licensed or found suitable as a principal or key employee of the Gaming Enterprise Division w 

Management Contractor, nor any key employee who actively participates in the management of the Gaming Facility or 

the conduct of its licensed games, shall play or be pennined to play, either directly or indirectly through another person, 

any gambling game, inciudimg slot machines and gaming devices, hut not including pkw in the Gaming Facility. 

Seetion 320 Gaming Devifes (8 PYTC 8 2-1-320) 

(A) The Gaming Enterprise Division shall only operate Gaming Devices for play by the public at the Gaming 

Facility that: 

(I) Have been approved under the provisions of the Compact and Ordinance, or have otherwise been 

authorized by the Office; and 

(2) Have been leased, purchased or otherwise obtained from licensed manufacturers and distributors as 

required by the Compact and Mice, 

(B) The Office shail require each licensed manufacturer and distributor to verify under oath, on forms provided by 

the Office, that the Gaming Devices manufactured or dishibuted by them for use or play at the Gaming Facility 

meet the requirements of the Compact, the Ordinance, and any applicable Office regulations. 

(C) The Office may require the testing of any Gaming Device to ensure compliance with the requirements of this 

Section. Any such testing shall be conducted by persons selected by the agency requiring the testing and shail 

be at tho expense of the licensed inanufacturer unless otherwise agreed. 

(D) The Office shall have the responsibility and authority to confiscate or shut down any Gaming Device or 

other equipment or gaming supplies failing to conform to any required standards. 

Section 330 Approval of Gaming Equipment (8 PYTC 8 2-1-330) 

(A) The Office shail have the discretion to review and approve all Gaming Equipment and other devices used in 

the Gaming Facility as to integrity, fairness, and honesty. 

(B) Any evidence that Gaming Equipment or other devices used in the Gaming Facility have been tampered 

with or altered in any way that wonid affect the integrity, fairness. honesty, or suitability of the equipment 

or device sliail he immediately reported to the mice. 
(c) The use or presence of unauthorized gaming equipment or devices within any Gaming Facility 

shall be pmhibited. 

Sectlon 340 Postlng of Rules (8 PYTC ji 2-1340) 

The rules of each authorized game offered at any duly licensed Gaming Facility shall be posted in a conspicuous 

location and shall be clearly legible. 

Section 350 Complimentary ltems (8 PYTC fj 2-1-350) 

(A) The issuance of complimentary items shail be governed by regulations promulgated by the Office. 

(8) Tribal government officials and employees shail not be provided with any complimentary (i.e., no-cost or 

below cost) tickets, passes, meals, othw items or services by the Division while conducting Government 

business where such items are provided to influence the officials' or employees' decision with respect to a 

transaction. In addition, Tribal Council Members shali be subject to Tribal Gaming Office complimentary 

regulations as well as Tribal Council-approved compensation and expense policies. 

(C) State government gaming regulatory agency employees and NIGC employees shall not be pmvided with 

any complimentary (i.e., no-cost or reduced cost) tickets, passes, meals, other items or services by the 

Gaming Enterprise Division while conducting their official business. 

(D) The following shall not be considered to be Complimentary Items, and may be given by the Gaming 

Enterprise Division in its discretion: 

(I) Giving or selling, at no cost, or below cost, of perishable items which would not otherwise be 

useabie by the GED, and would go to waste if not given or sold. 

(2) Giving, or selling at below face value, of tickets or licenses to entertainment events if done within 

7 days prior to the event, provided that the Gaming Enterprise Division makes a reasonable 

determination that the event will not likely sell out, and in the event the event is put on by the 

Tribe, the Gaming Enterprise Division makes a reasonable determination that giving or selling 

those tickets or licenses at no cost, or below cost, would likely increase ancillary revenues, such as 

food and beverage sales and the like, at the entertainment event. 

Section 360 Internal Controls (8 PYTC 8 2-1-360) 

(A) The Office shail by regulation establish minimum standards of internal controls to be in place at each 

Gaming Facility licensed hereunder. 

(B) Internal controls include the plan of organization and all of the coordinate methods and measures adopted 

within a Gaming Operation to safeguard its assets, check the accuracy and reliability of its accounting data, 

and encourage adherence to prescribed managerial policies. Generically, internal controls shall include a 

system of accounting controls and a system of administrative controls. 

(C) The system of accounting controls shall be governed by the following considerations: 

(I) It shali provide a plan of organization and a description of procedures and records that will permit 

reasonable assurance that the following objectives will be maintained: 

(a) Safeguarding of assets; 

(b) Reliability of financial records; 

(c) Execution of transactions in accordance with management's general or specific 

authorization; 
(d) Recording of hansactions as necessary to pennit recording of gaming revenue and to 

maintain accountability for assets; 

(e) Access lo assets only in accordance with management's authorization; 

(f) Comparison of records of assets with existing assets at reasonable intervals with 

provision for appropriate action with respect to any differences. 

(2) In order to accomplish the objectives stated in the preceding paragraph, the system of accounting 

controls shall, according to regulations prescribed by the Office, at a minimum Include a detailed 

system for accounting for cash receipts and gross revenues at least daily, which system shall be 

appropriate to the types of Gaming Activities carried on at the facility and the physical 

characteristics of the system utilized for collection of cash at the facility. 

(3) As part of a system of accounting controls, the Gaming Enterprise Division shall provide written 

notice to the Office identifying all bank accounts maintained by the Gaming E~~terprise Division 

by bank and account number and identifying by name all individuals with authority to sign on 

each account. The Gaming Enterprise Division shali provide written notice to the Office of any 

changes to this information within five business days of any changes. 

(D) The system of administrative controls shall be governed by the following considerations: 

(I) It shall at a minimum include a complete plan of organization that will set forth an organizational 

chart showing appropriate segregation of functional responsibilities and a regimen of sound 

practices to be followed in the performance of such segregated functional responsibilities. 

(2) The plan of organization shall be both diagrammatic and narrative and shall clearly describe and 

depict the interrelationship of organizational and administrative connol. 

Section 370 Amendments to the Internal Control Policles and Procedures (8 PYTC g 2-1370) 

(A) The Gaming Enterprise Division shali provide the Office with copies of its policies and procediires and 

plan of organization and any proposed changes at least 14 days before implementation. 

(B) Within seven days after submission by the Gaming Enterprise Division, the Office shall issue a letter 

approving the policies and procedures and a plan of organization or any approved changes unless the 

policies and procedures and plan of organization or any proposed changes (or any part thereof) are 

inconsistent with the minimum internal control standards. 

(C) If the policies and procedures and plan of organization or any proposed changes (or any part thereof) are 

inconsistent with minimum intemal control standards, the Office shall issue a letter of disapproval, which 

shall set forth the inconsistencies in detail. 

(D) The policies and procedures and plan of organization, and any proposed changes to them, must be approved 

by the Office prior to implementation. 

Seetion 380 Accounting Records (8 PYTC jE 2-1-380) 

(A) The Gaming Enterprise Division shall keep accurate, complete, legible, and permanent records of all 

transactions pertaining to the Gaming Operation in a manner suitable for audit under the stand& of the 

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. 

(B) 'he Gaming Enterprise Division shall keep accounting and financial records in accordance with Generally 

Accepted Accounting Principles on a double entry system of accounting, maintaining detailed, supporting, 

subsidiary records, including: 
(1) Detailed records identifying revenues, expenses, assets, liabilities, and equity; 

(2) Detailed rewrds of all retunled checks; 

(3) Individual and statistical game records to reflect statistical drop, statistical win, and tl~e percentage of 

statistical win to statistical drop by table for each table game, and to reflect statistical drop, statistical 

win, and the percentage of statistical win to statistical drop for each type of table game, either by each 

shift or other accounting period determined by the Gaming Enterprise Division, and individual and 

statistical game rewrds reflecting similar information for all other games; 

(4) Slot analysis reports which, by each machine, compare actual hold percentages to theoretical hold 

percentages; and 

(5) The records required by the internal conuol system. 

(C) The Gaming Enterprise Division shall create and maintain rccords sufficient to accurately reflect gross gaming 

revenue and expenses relating solely to the Gaming Operation. 

Section 390 Automatic Teller Machines (8 PYTC 8 2-1490) 

(A) The Gaming Enterprise Division shall not locate an automatic teller machine ("'ATM") adjacent to, or in close 

pmximity to, any Gaming Device. 

(B) The Gaming Entepise Division shall not locate in a Gaming Facility an ATM that accepts electronic benefit 

transfer cards issued pursuant to a state or federal program that is intended to provide for needy families or 

individuals. 

(C) The Gaming Enterprise Division shall not accept checks or other non-cash items issued pursuant to a state or 

federal program that is intended to provide for needy families or individuals. 

(D) The Gaming Enterprise Division shall not extend dit to any pon of a Gaming Facility for Gaming 

Activities, unless extending credit is permitted under the Compact then in effect. 

SUBCHAPTER J ENFORCEMENT 

Section 400 Inspection (8 PYTC 8 2-1-400) 

(A) Facility Inspection. The Ofice shall, no less than annually and at such other times as required by applicable 

law, cause detailed inspections to be made of each Gaming Facility licensed under the provisions of this 

Ordinance, to assure that such facility is being operated in accordance with the terms of the llcense and of 

the provisions of the Act, the Compact, the Ordinance, or any Offce regulation,. 

(8) Gaming Devices Inspection. Unless othewise agreed to by the Office, the Office shall conduct monthly 

inspections of no less than a random 5% sample of the Gaming Facility's Gaming Devices or 25 randomly 

selected Gaming Devices in use for play at each of the Tribe's Gaming Facilities. Unless the Office discovers one 

or more Compact violations while conducting its inspections and testing, which shall be reported to the State 

Gaming Agency witliin 48 hours pursuant to Section 6(g) of the Compact, the Office shall provide the Gaming 

Enterprise Division a written report detailing when and where the inspections and testing took place, what Gaming 

Devices were inspected and te& and the complete results of the inspections and testing within 10 days of 

completing any inspections and testing. The Office shall adhere to the procedures in this Ordinance while 

conducting its inspections and testing. 
Seetion 410 Investigations (8 PYTC 8 2-1-410) 

(A) The Ofice shall investigate any reported violation of the Act, the Compact, the Ordinance, or Office 

regulation when the Office determines that an investigation is reasonably necessary to ensure the integrity 

of gaming, the protection of persons and property, and compliance with the Act, Compact, Ordinance, or 

Office regulation. 

(8) The Office shall make a written recotd of reported violations in accordance with the requirements of 

Section 6(e) of the Compact. The Ofice shall send reports of its investigations to the State Gaming Agency 

in accordance with the requirements of Section 6(g) of the Compact. 

(C) Nothing in this subchapter shall prevent the Pascua Yaqui Police Department from investigating criminal 

activity within their jurisdiction. 

Sestion 420 Omce Reporting Requirements (8 PYTC 8 21620) 

(A) Documenhltion of violations of the Act, Compact, Ordinance, and Omce regulations. 

(1) Offiee inspectors shall dmument unusual oocurrences and all violations M suspected violations of the 

Act, Compact Ordinance, or Ofice regulations by an employee or agent of the Gaming Enterprise 

Division, or any person on the premises whether or not associated wih Gaming Activities. Regardless of 

the identity of the reporter or to whom the report is made, the Office shall make a written record of any 

unusual occurrences, violations or suspected violations, without regard to materiality. 

(8) Repotting to State Gaming Agency. 

(I) The Office shall notify the State Gaming Agency within 48 hours of the time a violation or suspeded 

violatinn of the Compact 01 the Ord'mance is reported and within 72 hows of the time an unusual 

occurtence is reported 

(2) Upon completion of any investigation of an unusual occurrence or a violation or suspected violation, the 

OtXce shall provide copies of its investigative report to the State Gaming Agency, if such disclosure wiil 

not compromise on-going law enforcement investigations or activities. 

(3) In order to efficiently and effectively regulate and monitor Gaming Activity, the Office and the State 

Gaming Agency wiil enter into a memorandum of undetstanding calling for the shnring of investigatory 

files, including at a minimum files for Persons licensed andlor certified pursuant to Section 4 of the 

Compact and the records required to be kept putsuant to Section 6(e) of the Compact, and agreeing upon 

the pmcedute for processing fingerprints, the confidentiality of records, and the process for reporting 

unusual occurrences and violations of the Compact's appendices. The Office shall enter into this 

memorandum no later than 90 days aAer the effective date of this Ordinance. 

Section 430 Detention and Questioning of Person Suspected of Violating Ordinance; Limltattons on Mability; 

Posting of Notiee (8 PYTC 5 21-430) 

(A) Agents of the Office may question any person in the Gaming Facility suspected of violating any of the 

provisions of the Act, the Compact, the Ordinance, or any Office regulation. None of the Agents is criminalfy 

or civilly liable: 

(1) On account of any such questioning; or 

(2) For reporting, to the Authorities, the identity of the person suspected of the violation. 

(B) Any of the Authorities who have probable cause for believing that an illegal act has been committed in or near 

the Gaming Facility by any person may take that person into custody and detain him in the Gaming Facility in a 
reasonable manner and for a reasonable length of time. Such a taking into custody and detention does not 

render the Authorities criminally or civilly liable unless it is established by clear and convincing evidence that 

the taking into custody and detention are unreasonable under all the circumstances. 

(C) There must be displayed in a conspicuous place in the Gaming Facility a notice in boldface type clearly legible 

and in substantially this form: 

Agents of the Office, Tribal Police, Federal law enforcement agents, or the State 

Gaming Agency, or any of the Authorities who has probable cause for believing 

that any person has violated any provision of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe Tribal 

Gaming Ordinwee prohibiting cheating in gaming may detain that person in the 

Gaming Facility. 

(D) State authorities' right to detain and question under this Ordinance within the reservation Is restricted to the 

Gaming Faciliry boundaries unless crossdeputized as Tribal police and in the supervisory presence of a Tiibal 

police officer. Nothing in this Ordinance shall be construed to grant to the State of Arizona criminal 

proseoutorial jurisdiction over Tribal members or non-member Indians for acts committed on the Reservation 

or Tribal Lands. 

Sixtion 440 Disposition of Evidence Sehred by OMce (8 PYTC @-1-448) 

(A) AAer the fml adjudication of a complaint involving a violation of the Act, the Compact, the Ordinance, or any 

Office regulation, or of any other complaint involving the seizure of evidence by an agent of the Ofke or the: 

State Gaming Agency, a court of competent jurisdiction may enter an appropriate order disposing of all 

physical evidence pertaining to the complaint, whether or not the evidence was introduced as an exhibit. 

(B) Except as otherwise provided in subparagraph (C) below, evidence seized by an agent of the Office or the State 

Gaming Agency which does not result in a complaint charging a violation ofthe law and evidence for which an 

order of disposition is not entered pursuant to subsection (A) above, must be disposed of as follows: 

(1) The Office shall notify by certified mail each potential claimant of the evidence that he has 30 days 

after receipt of the notice within which to file a written claim with the Office for retum of the 

evidence. 

(2) If more than one petson tiles a claim for the evidence.. 

(a) The claimants may agree among themselves as to how they wish to divide the evidence, 

subject to the approval of the Office; 

@) The claimants may agree to submit the matter to biding arbihation or any claimant may 

institute legal proceedings before the Tribal Cow to determine the proper disposition of the 

evidence. The Office shall retum the evidence to the claimants in accordance with any 

agreement approved by the Office, iinal judgment or award made pursuant to the provisions 

of this section. 

(3) A person who receives property hm the Oflice pursuant to this section shall execute such documents 

as are required by the OEce to defend, hold harmless, indemnify and release the %ce from any 

liability arising &om the delivery of the property to the claimant. 

(4) If no claim is submitted within 60 days, the Office shall deposit all money with the Tribe and may use 

all other property for any lawful purpose. The Office may dispose of any property which cannot be 

used for any lawful purpose in any reasonable manner. 

(C) Evidence which constitutes a device for cheating may not be returned to a claimant and must be retained by the 

Office. The Office shall periodically destroy such devices in any reasonable manner. 
Section 450 Notlees of Concern (8 PYTC 2-1-450) 

(A) The Office may issue a Notice of Concern of its preliminary determination of a violation to any licensee 

alleeed - to have committed a violation and to the Gamine - Enternrise Division. The warnine - shall reouire the 

licensee and/or the Gaming Enterprise Division, as appropriate. to correct the violation upon such terms 

and conditions as the Office determines are necessary and proper under the provisions of this Ordinance. 

(B) The licensee shall file, and the Gaming Enterprise Division may file, a written response to the warning 

within I0 days of receiving the warning. Following receipt of the responses, the Office shall complete its 

investigation into the alleged violation. 

(C) The issuance of a notice of concern shall not be considered a licensing action. 

Sectlon 460 Notiees of Violation (8 PYTC 8 2-1-460) 

(A) The Executive Dlrector may issue a Notice of Violation if the Office determines that a licensee violated or 

is violating the Act, the Compact, the Ordinanw, or any Office regulation and has fniled to correct or 

address the violation within the time set forth in a Notice of Concern. The Executive Director also may 

issue a Notice of Violation if the Office determines that a Person other than a licensee violated or is 

violating the Act, the Compact, the Ordinance, or any Office regulation. 

(B) The Office shall deliver the Notice of Violation to the licensee charged with a violation of the Act, the 

Compact, the Ordinance, or any TOO regulation. 

(C) The Office shall also deliver a copy of each notice of violation relating to a Gaming Facility (including any 

violation alleged to have been committed by an employee, vendor, or patron) to the Gaming Enterprise 

Division with any redactions necessary to avoid disclosure of any information which the Office is obligated 

to keep confidential under any applicable privacy laws. 

(D) A Notice of Violation shall contain: 

(I) A citation to the Act, the Compact, the Ordinance, or any Office regulation that has been or is 

being violated: 

(2) A description of the circumstances surrounding the violation, set forth in common and concise 

language; 

(3) Notioe of any action that the Office proposes must be taken to correct the violation, if the Office 

determines that the violation is capable of being corrected; 

(4) Notice of the time frame within which any action to correct the violation must be taken, unless the 

Office determines that the violation is incapable of being corrected; 

(5) notice of any civil penalty that the Office proposes to impose as a result ofthe violation; 

(6) notice that a written response to the notice of violation must be submitted to, and received by, the 

Office within 15 days of the receipt of the notice of violation; and 

(7) notice that, if no written response to the notice of violation is submitted to the Office within the 

tlme prescribed above, the Office may issue its final decision regarding the violation alleged in the 

notice and impose a civil fine or take the enforcement action set forth in the notice without headng 

from the licensee to whom the notice was issued. 

(E) The licensee to whom a notice of violation is issued shall, and the Gaming Enterprise Division may, submit 

a written response to the Office together with any additional written information the Office should consider 

within 10 days after receiving notice of the alleged violation. 
(F) The Office shall issue a written decision within I5 days after receiving all written responses or, if no party 

submits a written response in a timely manner, within 15 days after the deadline for the submission of 

written responses. The written decision shall constitute final action of the Office with respect to any notice 

of violation. Except as provided in paragraph (G) below, the Office shall take no action to enforce a Notice 

of Violation until it issues its written decision. 

(G) If the Office determines that the Act, the Compact, the Ordinance, or any Office regulation have been 

violated and the continued licensing of, or conduct by, a licensee constitutes an immediate and substantial 

threat to: the public health, safety or welfare; the integrity of Gaming Activities; the integrity of the 

Gaming Enterprise Division: the Gaming Enterprise Division's ability to account for and protect its assets; 

or to the security of gaming proceeds, the Office may: 

(1) Summarily suspend any license issued under this Ordinance; 

(2) Summarily seize the proceeds of any Gaming Activities not conducted by the Gaming Enterprise 

Division; 

(3) Summarily seize, remove, or impound any equipment, supplies, or copies of business records, 

books of account, or my and all other financial records or documents pertaining to the business 

operations of a Gaming Facility (regardless of where those records or documents may be located). 

If the Office seizes, removes, or impounds copies of any business records, books of account, or 

other financial records or documents of the Gaming Enterprise Division, it shall provide the 

Gaming Enterprise Division with a copy of any such items upon receiving a written request for 

copies from the Gaming Enterprise Division. 

(H) After the Office renders a decision, if the Office has determined that the Act, the Compact, this Ordinance, 

or any Office regulation have been violated, it may take one or more of the following actions, as may be 

appropriate under the circumstances: 

(I) Require remedial action to correct the violation and/or prevent future violations; 

(2) Suspend or revoke the license of the Person or Enterprise to whom the notice of violation was 

directed; 

(3) assess a civil penalty in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance; 

(4) Refer the matter to law enforcement for criminal investigation and prosecution. 

(I) the issuance of a notice of violation shall not be considered a licensing action. 

Section 470 Adverse License Actions (8 PYTC % 2-1-470) 

(A) Summary Suspension of license 

(I) The Office may summarily suspend any tribal licenses pending a hearing if the continued licensing 

of a person or entity constitutes an immediate and substantial threat to the public health, safety or 

welfare, or the integrity of gaming activities; the integrity of the Gaming Enterprise Division, the 

Gaming Enterprise Division's ability to account for and protect its assets; or to the security of 

gaming proceeds. . 

(2) If the Executive Director determines that a summary suspension is necessary, he shall prepare and 

serve a letter upon the licensee either pwsonaily, or by registered or certified mail at his address on 

file with the Office. 
(3) The letter must be a written statement of charges which must set forth in ordinary and concise 

language, the acts or omissions with which the respondent is charged. It must specify the sections 

of the Act, the Compact, the Ordinance, or any Office regulation, which the respondent is alleged 

to have violated. 

(4) Licensees shall not have the right to appeal the Office's decision to summarily suspend their 

license. 

(B) Suspension or Revocation of license 

(I) If the Executive Director determines that a suspension or revocation is necessary, he shall prepare 

and serve a letter upon the respondent either personally, or by registered or certified mail at his 

address on file with the Office. 

(2) The letter must be a written statement of charges which must set forth in ordinary and concise 

language, the acts or omissions with which the respondent is charged. It must sped@ the sections 

of the Act, the Compact, the Ordinance, or any Office regulation, which the respondent is alleged 

to have violated. 

Section 480 Civil Penalties (8 PYTC g 2-1-480) 

(A) The Office may impose civil penalties upon any Person who has violated any provision of the Act, the 

Compact, the Ordinance, or any Office regulation. Such penalties shall include: 

(1) Exclusion from any Gaming Facility; 

(2) A civil fine of not more than $5,000 for each such violation. 

(B) The Office may promulgate regulations regarding these civil penalties which may include. 

(I) Factors to be considered to determine whether a civil penalty will be imposed. 

2 Procedures for the assessment of a civil penalty. 

(3) Procedures for the settlement, reduction, or waiver of a civil penalty. 

Section 490 Civil Remedies (8 PYTC 5 2-1-490) 

The Office may, with the approval of and through the Office of the Attorney General, bring any civil action in the 

courts of the Tribe to enforce the provisions of the Act, the Compact, the Ordinance, or any Office regulation or to 

enjoin or otherwise prevent any violation of the Act, the Compact, the Ordinance, or any Office regulation occurring 

within the territorial jurisdiction of the Tribe. 

SUBCHAPTER K APPEALING ADVERSE LICENSING ACTION 

Section 500 Right of Revlew (8 PYTC 8 2-1-500) 

Any applicant or licensee has the right to request a review of any denial, suspension, or revocation oftheir license. 

Section 510 Answer; Revlew of Adverse Licensing Decision (8 PYTC 5 2-1-510) 

(A) Respondents may file an answer to a letter of denial, suspension, or revocation with the Office within 20 

days after service of the letter. In the answer the respondent must: 

(1) State in short and plain terms Vier defenses to each claim asserted. 
(2) Admit or deny the facts alleged in the complaint, 

(3) State which allegations hetshe is without knowledge or information sufficient to form a belief as to 

their truth. Such allegations shall be deemed denied. 

(4) Affnmatively set forth any matter which constitutes an avoidance or affirmative defense. 

(B) In the answer, the respondent may demand a meeting with the Executive Director to contest the adverse 

licensing decision. Failure to demand a meeting constitutes a waiver of that right. 

(C) Upon written request for a hearing, the Executive Director shall schedule an informal meeting with the 

respondent to discuss the grievance. The Executive Director shall explain to the participant the basis for 

the adverse licensing decision and the information used to make such decision. The respondent may 

present any additional information which were not considered or wrongfully considered in the decision. 

The Executive Director will examine the additional information orovided bv the resoondent and make a 

determination of whether the original decision is to be changed or not The ~iecutive ~irector shall submit 

the findings in writing to the respondent. 

(D) Respondents may appeal the Executive Director's adverse licensing decision pursuant to Subchapter L 

below. 

Sdin 524 Appliestfons for License after Denial (8 PYTC ij 2-1-520) 

Any Person or Enterprise whose applkafmn has been denied is not eligible to apply again for a license, for at least one 

year from the date of such denial, unless the Office advises that the denial is without prejudice as to delay in 

reapplication. 

Section 530 Application for License after Revocation (8 PYTC 5 21-530) 

Following a decision by the Office to revoke a license, a succeeding application for a tribal license shall not be 

entertained by the Wee for a period of two years from the date of the Office's decision to revoke. 

SUBCHAPTER L TRIBAL COURT JURISDICTION 

Section 540 Tribal Court Jurisdiction (8 PYTC 8 2-1-540) 

The Tribal Courts shall have jurisdiction over all violations of the Act, the Compact, the Ordinance, or any Office 

regulation, and over all employees and pabons of the Gaming Enterprise Division and may grant such other relief as is 

necessary and proper forthe enforcement of this Ordimance and of the provisions of any management contract, including 

but not limited to, injunctive relief against acts in violation thereof, subject to arbitration procedures, if any, applicable to 

any management contract. Nothing, however, in this Ordinance shall be construed to authorize or require the criminal 

trial and punishment of non-Indians except to the extent allowed by any applicable present or future Act of Congress or 

any applicable federal court decision. 

Section 550 Tribal Court Review of Adverse Licensing Decisions (8 PYTC 5 2-1-550) 

(A) If a respondent disagrees with the adverse licensing decision of the Executive Director, (s)he can file a 

petition with the Pascua Yaqui Tribal Court to review the Executive Director's decision so long as the 

petition is filed within fourteen (14) days of the adverse licensing decision. 

(6) The Tribal Court shall overturn the decision of the Executive Director if the court finds the Director's 

decision was arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, or contrary to tribal or federal law. 
(C) The Tribal Court decision may be appealed to the Court of Appeals in accordance with the Tribe's Rule of 

Appellate Procedure. 

Section 560 Patron Dispute Hearings (8 PYTC 8 2-1-560) 

(A) Rehal to Pay Winnings. Whenever the Gaming Enterprise Division refuses payment of alleged winnings to a 

patron, and the Gaming Enterprise Division and the patron are unable to resolve the dispute to the satisfaction 

of the pahwn and the dispute involves: 

(1) At least $500, the Ganing Enterprise Division shall immediately notify the Office. The Office shall 

conduct whatever investigation it deems necessary and shall determlne whether payment should be 

made; or 

(2) Less than $500, the Gaming Enterprise Division shall inform the patron of his or her right to request 

that the Offlce conduct an investigation. Upon request of the patron, the Office shall conduct whatever 

investigation it deems necessary and shall determine whether payment should be made. 

(B) Notice to Patrons. The Wee shall mail written notice by certified mall, return receipt requested, to the 

Gaming Enterprise Division and the pahwn of the decision resolving the dispute within 30 days ahr the date 

that the Office first receives notlficatlon fmm the Gaming Enterprise Division or a request to conduct an 

investigation fmm the paaon. 

(C) Efictive Date of Decision. The decision of the Office is effective on the date it is received by the aggrieved 

party as refiected on the return receipt. 

(D) Review of Decision. Within 30 days after the date of receipt of the written decision, the aggrieved party may 

file a petition with the Offlce requesting a review of the decisios. The Offlce may set a hearing on the matter or 

may make a decision based solely upon the prior decision and other documentation provided to it by the patron 

and the Gaming Enterprise Division. The Offlce shall then issue a fmal wrilten decision within 60 days of its 

receipt of the petition for review of the initial decision and mail it to the parties by certified mail, rehlm receipt 

requested. 

(1 For disputes involvhg less then $500, the decision of the Mtce shall be final and biding upon the 

patron and the Gaming Enterprise Division and shall not be subject to judicial review, dispute 

resolution or other legal action. 

(2) For disputes of $500 or more, if the final decision of the Office rendered pursuant to this Section is 

against the patron, the patron shall be entitled, within 60 days of his or her receipt of the notice of final 

decision of the Office, to file a complaint for the amount of the disputed winnings only in Tribal 

Court, which shall be empowered by this Ordinance to hear such dispute and renderjudgment in favor 

of either party and against the other party. There shall be no right of appeal fmm the Tribal Court's 

decision in such action. 

Section 970 Retention oTRighta (8 PYTC 8 2-1-570) 

The Tribe expressly retains its sovereign immunity flom suit for those claims or caused of action for which a waiver is not 

expressly granted pursuant m the provisions ofthis subchapter. Nothing contained in this subchapter shall prohibit the Tribe 

brn waiving its sovereign immunity by separate to permit claims not included in this subchapter. 

Section 580 Penalties (8 PYTC 8 2-1580) 

(A) Any Indian person who violates any provision of this Ordinance or any rule or regulation authorized 

thereunder, shall be guilly of a criminal offense punishable by a fine of not more than $5,000 or by 

imprisonment for not more than one year, or both. 
(B) Any Person who violates any provisio~l of the Act, the Compact, the Ordinance, or any Office regulation is 

subject to civil penalties, including exclusion from any Gaming Facility, exclusion from the Resewation if the 

Person is not an enrolled member of the Tribe, andlor a civil fine of not more than $5,000 for each such violation. 

SUBCHAPTER M CRIMES & LlABILlTlES CONCERNING GAMING 

Section 590 Unlawful Wagering (8 PYTC 5 2-1-590) 

It is unlawful for any person under 21 years of age to place any wager directly or indirectly, in a Class I11 gaming 

activity. 

Section 600 Fraudulent Acts (8 PYTC 2-1-600) 

(A) It is unlawful for any person: 

(I) To alter or misrepresent the outcome of a game or other event on which wagers have been made after 

the outcome is made sure but before it is revealed to the players. 

(2) To place, increase or decrease a bet or to determine the course of play after acquiring knowledge, not 

available to all players, of the outcome of the game or any event that affects the outcome of the game 

or which is the subject of the bet or to aid anyone in acquiring such knowledge for the purpose of 

placing, inaeasing or decreasing a bet or determining the course of play contingent upon that event or 

outcome. 

(3) To claim, collect or take, or attempt to claim, collect or take, money or anything of value in or from a 

gambling game, with intent to defraud, without having made a wager contingent therwn, or to claim, 

collect or take an amount greater than the amount won, 

(4) Knowingly to entice or induce another to go to any place where a gambling game is being conducted 

or operated in violation of the provisions of this Ordinance, with the intent that the other person play 

or participate in that gambling game. 

(5) To place or increase a bet aAer acquiring knowledge of the outcome of the game or other event which 

is the subject of the bet, including pastposting and pressing bets. 

(6) To reduce the amounts wagered or cancel the bet after acquiting knowledge of the outcome of the 

game or other event which is the subject of the bet, including pinching bets. 

(7) To manipulate, with the intent to cheat, any component of a gaming device in a manner contrary to the 

designed andnormal operational purpose for the component, including, but not limited to, varying the 

pull of the handle of a slot machine, with knowledge that the manipulation affects the outcome of the 

game or with knowledge of any event that affects the outcome of the game. 

Scction 610 Use of Device for Calcuhting Probabilities (8 PYTC 8 2.1410) 

(A) It is unlawful for any person at the Gaming Facility to use, or possess with the intent to use, any device to assist: 

(I) In projecting the outcome of the game; 

(2) In keeping track of the cards played; 

(3) In analyzing the probability of the occurrence of an event relating to the game; or 

(4) In analyzing the strategy for playing or betting to be used in the game. 
Section 620 Use of Counterfeit or Unapproved Chips or Tokens or Unlawful Coina or Devices; Possession of 

Certain Devices, Equipment, Products or Materials (8 PYTC 8 2-3-6201 

(A) It is unlawful for any licensed perso11 enterprise, employee or other person to use counterfeit chips in a 

gambling game. 

(B) It is unlawful for any person, in playing or using any gambling game designed to be played with, receive or be 

operated by chips or tokens approved by the Office or by lawful coin of the United Stntes of America: 

(I) Knowingly to use other than chips or tokens appmved by the Office or lawful coin, legal tender of the 

United States of America, or to use coin not of the same denomination as the coin intended to be used 

in that gambling game; or 

(2) To use any device or means to violate the provisions of the Compact or this Ordinance. 

(C) It is unlawful for any person, not o duly authorized employee of the Gaming Facility Operator acting in 

funherance of his employment within the Gaming Facility, to have on his person or in his possession on or off 

the premises of the Gaming Facility any device intended to be used to violate the provisions of the Compact or 

this Subchapter. 

(D) It is unlawtil for any person, not a duly authorized employee of the Gaming Facility Operator acting in 

fbtherance of his employment within the Gaming Facility, to have on his person or in his possession on or off 

the premises of the Gaming Facility any key or device known to have been designed for the purpose of and 

suitable for opening, entering or affecting the operation of any gambling game, drop box or any electronic or 

mechanical device connected thereto, or for removing money or other contents therefrom. 

(E) It is unlawfbi for any person to have on his person or in his possession any paraphernalia for manufacturing 

slugs. As used in this subsection, "paraphernalia for manufachlring slugs" means the equipment, products and 

materials that are intended for use or designed for use in manufachlring, producing, fabricating, prepwing, 

testing analyzing, packaging, storing or concealing a counterfeit Facsimile of the chips or tokens approved by 

the Office or a lawful coin of the United States. the use of which is unlawful pursuant to Subsection (B). The 

term includes, but is not limited to: 

(I) Lead or lead alloys; 

(2) Molds forms or similar equipment capable of producing a likeness of a gaming token or United States 

coin; 

(3) Melting pots a other receptacles; 

(4) Torches; and 

(5) Tongs, Wimming tools or other similar equipment. 

(F) Possession of more than one of the devices, equipment, products or materials described in this section pennits a 

rebuttable inference that the possessor intended to use them for cheating. 

Section 630 Cheating (8 PYTC 8 2-1-630) 

It is unlawful for any person, whether he is a principal or employee of the Gaming Facility Operator. or a player in the 

Gaming Facility, to cheat at any gambling game. 
Section 640 . Unlawful Mannibeture, Sale, Distributiun, MarkIng, Altering or Modiilcatlon 

of Equipment and Dwices Associated with Gaming; Unlawful instruction (8 PYTC (5 2-1-640) 

(A) It is unlawful to manufacture, sell or distribute any cards, chips, dice, game or device which is intended to be 

used to violate any provision ofthe Compact or this Subchapter. 

(B) It is unlawful to mark, alter or otherwise modify any gaming equipment or gaming device, as defined in the 

Compact, in a manner that: 

(1) A&ts the result of a wager by determining win or loss; or 

(2) Alters the normal criteria of random selection, which affects the operation of a game or which 

determines the outcome of a game. 

(C) It is unlawful for any person to instruct another in cheating or it1 the use of any device for that purpose, with the 

knowledge or intent that the information or use so conveyed may be employed . to violate any provision of the . . . comP&or this Subchapter. 

Section 650 Unlawful Dhemination of Information Concerning Racing: Exemptions; Penalty (8 PYTC (5 2- 

1-660) 

(A) It is unlawfbl for any person to furnish or disseminate any information in regard to racing or races, from any 

point within the State to any point outside the State, by telephone, telegraph, teletype, radio or any signaling 

device, with the intention that the information is to be used to induce betting or wagering on the result of the 

race or races, or with the intention that the information is to be used to decide the result of any bet or wager 

made upon the race or races. 

(8) This section does not prohibit: 

(1) A newspaper of general circulation from printing and disseminating news concerning races that are to 

be nm or the results of races that have been tun; or 

(2) The furnishing or dissemination of information concerning wagers made in an off-track pari-mutuel 

system of wagering authorized under the Compact. 

(3) Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be punished as provided in the federal 

criminal laws already existing or State criminal laws already existing or enacted pursuant to the 

Compact. 

SUBCHAPTER N SEVERABILITY 

Section 660 Severahllity (8 PYTC (5 2-1-660) 

The provisions of this Ordinance shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision of the Ordinance 

is found to be contrary to the Pascua Yaqui Tribal Constitution, or declared to be in violation of applicable Federal 

Law, or is held to be invalid, the validity of the remainder of this ordinance shall not be affected and shall remain in 

fill force and effect. A 

SECRETARY OF THE PASCUA YAQUl TRIBE 

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