Tony Sancbc~. Ir-. President Semitlo!~ Tribc of-l~lorida. 11-t~. 63 00 Stirling Road Holly\vood. FI, 31024

This in response LO your December 13, 20 t 2 1et:er seeking a lcgnl opinion from the

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furnished in the December 1 3 letter is not specific enough to address every issue tha arise under IGM. Far e x a m p l y Seminole Tribe of FLotida, and participating tribes must &sure that 1G.-. I .l.--,,,,.. ,, waue

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are met,'' ss well as addms the various compact requirements of tbc s w s t-inds will be placed. That being said, the basic structure of the game in the letter, does not raise any immediate mmmms. So lo g u ~ g m c i s

urnduct4 in licensed fpei l i tdl located on Man lands as dehd in IGRA, md 16 -ted pl~m~trmt tm a +rl k s l - d a 4 ~ rr~wn~mi '3 it I* -A; --L;hi.;+r* LTF TT?T) A lygrw~aa-1

The NIGC addressed the question of the UGEA's applicability to gaming systems that solely use closed, proprietary mmutlication networks in its 2009 bul.l&b, The Efmt of the Unhwhl I n fernel Gambiing ~ $ ~ r c m e n t A C ~ of 2006 on W I d e A m Ragrasive S)vtaras and Networkti Multi-Site Bingo am. '' Although the bulletin is mcmed p M I y with wide m a prognxsive systma and multi-site bingo games, dm underlying principal is applicable

"client machines' a The client machines are 1 0 4 st I ~ G a computer on which the bingo game software nriide~.'~ The saver mndomly draws thE game numbers and trammi%

The bulletin dm fouod that the UIiC3EA does not apply to ths rnu&i-dte bingo pmw because they d b a cld9ed, pr@eWy &mn~&tatiims attwo& ntha h u the htand?' Tbt ULOEA dem z u & y f w h e ; l g a m M i n g a5 'CtoplElGq &wordhemist bwingly - t . a ~ o r ~ ~ a s y ~ ~ ~ h i n w h ~ ~ g t l ~ h ~ o f ~ ~ wbabavchbrlorw~iis~wfullmdsr~ynyI~lsFd~aStata~ia~Stsam Tribal luds in whichthq bst orwagchis initiated, &v&or othaarircmde."" B&aau~:

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Again, although I do not see any immediate concerns with thc overall concept o as prcsentd in the Decernber 13,2012 lettcr, this opi~~ion does not address h e full sp em IGRA issues that could arise as the game is implemented across Indian country. Moreover, this

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If you b u l d have my quesihns, plmc ccm- NIW Senior Attom~y M i c U M g rrt, (202) 632-7003..