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Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988  

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  • The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act or IGRA (Public Law 100-497), passed by Congress in 1988, established a federal statutory basis and regulatory framework for governing the operation of gaming by federally recognized American Indian tribes. This entry describes the legal evolution of gaming as tribal revenue-earning activity and summarizes the law's content. [Source: Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society; Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988]

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