Tulsa, Oklahoma (AP)
New federal regulations on electronic bingo games will cost Oklahoma’s tribal casinos millions of dollars more than a flawed economic study predicted, the head of the Oklahoma Indian Gaming Association said.
OIGA Chairman David Qualls said the regulations were a last-ditch effort by a lame-duck National Indian Gaming Commission to act on so-called Class II gaming without congressional oversight.
New federal regulations on electronic bingo games will cost Oklahoma’s tribal casinos millions of dollars more than a flawed economic study predicted, the head of the Oklahoma Indian Gaming Association said.
OIGA Chairman David Qualls said the regulations were a last-ditch effort by a lame-duck National Indian Gaming Commission to act on so-called Class II gaming without congressional oversight.