Indian tribal regulations in Arizona includes licensing all gaming employees, licensing all vendors, enforcing strict and comprehensive control. You won't find any gaming operations in the United States that are more completely regulated than the Indian casinos in Arizona. The tribes in Arizona actively regulate gaming with a well-funded agency because regulation is a necessary component of the business. In addition, Arizona gaming tribes recognize the benefit of having an outside agency monitoring the tribe's regulations of gaming. Under each of their Arizona compacts the state of Arizona, through the Arizona Department of Gaming, monitors each tribe's regulations of gaming business.
Tribes pay for all regulations.
The Arizona gaming tribes have agreed to reimburse all reasonable costs incurred by the state of Arizona in monitoring tribal regulations of the gaming. The widespread of poverty that has plagued Indian country for over a century has resulted in very high rates of criminal activity. Indian gaming has really begun to improve lives in Indian country and crimes in Indian country will be reduced as a result. Indian gaming provides jobs for our people. As unemployment goes down, our economies improve, crimes in Indian country will be reduced.