On June 30, 2023, in a challenge by gaming competitors to the Florida-Seminole gaming compact (the Compact), the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit held that while a gaming compact entered into between a state and a Native American tribe pursuant to the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) can legally authorize a tribe to conduct gaming only on its own lands, IGRA does not prohibit a gaming compact from addressing other topics, including those governing activities "outside Indian lands" as long as the topics are directly related to gaming. Continue reading >