June, the report due date, is getting closer and the commission is discussing what they would like, what they would not like, and what to do about it. All on the issue of gambling. The National Gambling Impact Study Commission would like more information from Indian tribes regarding gambling operations. The commission also will place restrictions on cash machines being put in casinos throughout the nation. There is a problem writing the chapter of the report that discusses Indian gambling.
Commissioners say the refusal by most tribes to answer the panel's questions is causing the problem.
Twenty of the most revenue producing casinos in the nation have answered the commission's questions. Of the 20 largest Indian tribes that offer gambling only three have filled out the commission's questionnaire. Executive director of the National Indian Gaming Association, Jacob Coin, has said most tribes think the questions invade their right to shield proprietary information. According to Commissioner Paul Moore, the chapter of the report on Indian gambling will advise the federal government have more say on the type, more federal regulating, and more disclosure of what is being done with the revenue of Tribal gambling. Right now they don't have to give any information to the tribal members.