25.03.030 Ownership of Gaming

(a) The Tribe shall have the sole proprietary interest in and responsibility for the conduct of any gaming operation authorized by this Ordinance, except as expressly provided in this Ordinance.

(b) No person or entity, other than the Tribe, shall conduct gaming without obtaining a license from the Commission prior to commencement of gaming.

(c) The Commission may issue a license for individually-owned gaming so long as:

(1) The individually owned gaming operation is licensed and regulated pursuant to this title;

(2) The income to the Tribe from an individually owned gaming operation is used only for the purposes listed in this title;

(3) Not less than 60 percent of the net revenues of the individually-owned gaming operation shall be income to the Tribe;

(4) The owner of the individually owned gaming pays an annual assessment to NIGC pursuant to 25 C.F.R. § 514.1; and

(5) The Commission applies licensing standards that are at least as restrictive as those established by State law governing similar gaming;

(6) The Commission determines that the owner of the individually owned gaming would be eligible to receive a State license to conduct the same activity within the jurisdiction of the surrounding State.