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Committee tables bill to authorize internet gaming licenses for Wabanaki nations; members ask for broader review
Summary
LD 1164 would have authorized federally recognized Wabanaki tribes in Maine to obtain internet gaming licences and require a 16% tax cascade to specified public funds. The committee tabled the bill after hearing fiscal, regulatory and public‑health questions and as legislators requested more tribal consultations and comparative state experience.
The Joint Standing Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs tabled LD 1164, an act that would authorize internet gaming licenses for federally recognized Wabanaki nations and set a 16% levy on adjusted gross internet gaming receipts for a specified cascade of public funds.
Ms. Olsen, the committee analyst, walked members through the bill's structure: each federally recognized tribe could obtain one internet gaming license, the Director of the Gambling Control Unit would regulate mobile/digital platforms, license fees would be $50,000 annually, and suppliers and key personnel would require licensure. The bill proposed a…
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