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State, Squaxin Island Tribe reach tentative amended gaming compact; limits, ETGs and problem-gambling safeguards updated
Summary
Washington State Gambling Commission staff and Squaxin Island Tribe presented a tentative amended and restated tribal-state gaming compact that incorporates multiple appendices into a single compact, raises certain wager and facility limits, adds an electronic table games appendix and reiterates problem-gambling protections; a public hearing and commission vote are scheduled for Feb. 12.
The Washington State Gambling Commission and representatives of the Squaxin Island Tribe told the legislative committee on Feb. 17 that they have reached a tentative amended and restated tribal-state gaming compact.
Tina Griffin, director of the Washington State Gambling Commission, said the package modernizes and consolidates the tribe's compact by folding several appendices into the main compact and adding some appendices that are new to the tribe. "We have reached tentative agreement on an amended restated tribal state gaming compact," Griffin said, noting commissioners and statutory ex officio legislators will vote on the compact at a public commission meeting.
Ray Peters, Squaxin Island intergovernmental affairs and tribal council liaison, told the committee the tribe supports the amendments as clarifying and helpful for regulation and operations. "The amendments simply clarify the…
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