Bulletins

Bulletins provide program-related guidance to tribes, tribal regulators and gaming operations, for example, fee rates, fingerprint submission and guidance on Agreed Upon Procedures submission. Bulletins may also restate existing policy or procedure to provide further clarification.

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Date	Publication Number	Title	Topic
2024-10-28	No. 2024-3	2025 Fee Rate and Fingerprint Rate Federal Register Notice	Annual Fee Rates
2024-10-23	No. 2024-2	2025 NIGC Fee Rate and Fingerprint Processing Fee	Annual Fee Rates
2024-02-25	No. 2024-1	Agency Operations in the Absence of an Acting or Permanent Chair	Agency Operations in the Absence of an Acting or Permanent Chair
2023-11-09	No. 2023-2	2024 Fee Rate and Fingerprint Rate Federal Register Notice	Annual Fee Rates
2023-10-27	No. 2023-1	NIGC Fee Rate and Fingerprint Processing Fee	Annual Fee Rates
2022-11-08	No. 2022-7	2023 Fee Rate and Fingerprint Rate Federal Register Notice	Annual Fee Rates
2022-10-31	No. 2022-6	2023 NIGC Fee Rate and Fingerprint Processing Fee	Annual Fee Rates
2022-07-12	No. 2022-5	Independence of Tribal Gaming Commissions and their Functions	Independence of Tribal Gaming Commissions and their Functions
2022-06-23	No. 2022-4	Use of Net Gaming Revenues	Use of Net Gaming Revenues (Updated)
2022-06-03	No. 2022-3	Criminal History Record Information (CHRI) Retention	Criminal History Record Information (CHRI) Retention
2022-04-04	No. 2022-2	Self-Regulation and Post-Certification Compliance	Self-Regulation and Post-Certification Compliance
2022-04-04	No. 2022-1	Self-Regulation under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act	Self-Regulation
2021-11-12	No. 2021-9	2022 Fee Rate and Fingerprint Rate Federal Register Notice	Annual Fee Rates
2021-11-04	No. 2021-8	NIGC Fee Rate and Fingerprint Processing Fee	Annual Fee Rates
2021-10-28	No. 2021-7	Frequently Asked Questions regarding IGRA and Cannabis	FAQ’s IGRA and Cannabis
2021-10-05	No. 2021-5	Submission of Sports Book Agreements for Review	Sports Book Agreements for Review
2021-10-05	No. 2021-4	Submission of Loan Documents and Financing Agreements	Loan Documents and Financing Agreements
2021-10-05	No. 2021-3	Submission of Agreements for Review	Agreements for Review
2021-10-05	No. 2021-6	Sole Proprietary Interest	Sole Proprietary Interest
2021-03-26	No. 2021-2	Human Trafficking	Human Trafficking
2021-01-28	No. 2021-1	2020 Final Fee Rate Federal Register Notice	Annual Fee Rates
2020-12-01	No. 2020-4	NIGC Fee Rate	Annual Fee Rates
2020-11-13	No. 2020-3	NIGC Fingerprint Fee Rate	Annual Fee Rates
2020-02-18	No. 2020-2	Fingerprint processing – applicant Privacy Act rights and protecting CHRI	Privacy Act
2020-01-29	No. 2020-1	IGRA and Sports Book Operations	Sports Betting Models
2019-11-04	No. 2019-2	NIGC Fee Rate and Fingerprint Fees	Annual Fee Rates
2019-05-21	No. 2019-1	Agency Operations in the Absence of an Acting or Permanent Chair
2018-11-01	No. 2018-4	NIGC Fee Rate and Fingerprint Fees	Annual Fee Rates
2018-08-14	No. 2018-3	Guidance on the Class III Minimum Internal Control Standards (MICS)	Class III Minimum Internal Control Standards (MICS)
2018-08-06	No. 2018-2	Guidance on 2008 Systems Annual Review	Technical Standards
2018-01-10	No. 2018-1	Revised Model Ordinance	Ordinance
2017-06-05	No. 2017-3	2017 Final Fee Rate Federal Register Notice	Annual Fee Rates
2017-06-01	No. 2017-2	2017 Final Fee Rate and Fingerprint Fees	Annual Fee Rates
2017-03-01	No. 2017-1	2017 Preliminary Fee Rate and Fingerprint Fees	Annual Fee Rate
2016-06-01	No. 2016-2	2016 Final Fee Rate and Fingerprint Fees	Annual Fee Rate
2016-02-29	No. 2016-1	2016 Preliminary Fee Rate and Fingerprint Fees	Annual Fee Rates
2015-06-05	No. 2015-2	2015 Final Fee Rate and Fingerprint Fees	Annual Fee Rates
2015-03-03	No. 2015-1	2015 Preliminary Fee Rate and Fingerprint Fees	Annual Fee Rates
2014-06-04	No. 2014-3	2014 Final Fee Rate and Fingerprint Fees	Annual Fee Rates
2014-02-28	No. 2014-1	2014 Fee Rate; Preliminary and Fingerprint Fees	Annual Fee Rates
2013-06-04	No. 2013-4	2013 Fee Rate; Final	Annual Fee Rates
2013-03-13	No. 2013-3	2013 Fee Rate; Preliminary	Annual Fee Rates
2013-02-05	No. 2013-2	Annual Fees Payable by Indian Gaming Operations; New Rules	Annual Fee Rates
2013-01-04	No. 2013-1	Guidance on the requirements for submitting annual Agreed-Upon Procedures reports (AUP reports)	AUP Reports
2012-08-08	No. 2012-2	25 C.F.R. Part 547 Grandfather Provision
2012-07-17	No. 2012-1	2012 Fee Rate; Final	Annual Fee Rates
2011-02-15	No. 2011-1	2011 Fee Rate; Preliminary	Annual Fee Rates
2010-08-05	No. 2010-3	2010 Fee Rate; Final	Annual Fee Rates
2010-02-02	No. 2010-2	2010 Fee Rate; Preliminary	Annual Fee Rates
2009-12-29	No. 2009-4	NIGC Final Fee Rate for 2009	Annual Fee Rates
2009-03-09	No. 2009-3	The Effect of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 on Wide-Area Progressive System	UIGEA
2009-02-24	No. 2009-2	2009 Fee Rate, Preliminary, February 24, 2009	Annual Fee Rates
2009-02-13	No. 2009-1	Relationship of SAS 112 and SAS 115 “Communicating Internal Control Related Matters Identified in an	Audit Reports
2008-11-20	No. 2008-5	2008 Fee Rate; Final	Annual Fee Rates
2008-11-10	No. 2008-4	Compliance with Technical Standards section 547.14(f)(4)	scaling algorithms and scaled numbers for electronic random number generators
2008-11-03	No. 2008-3	Compliance Guidance for New Technical Standards, 25 C.F.R. Part 547	Technical Standards Guidance
2008-09-23	No. 2008-2	Tribal Registration of Gaming Equipment with DOJ in Compliance with the Johnson Act	Regulatory Processes, Procedures & Tools
2008-02-28	No. 2008-1	2008 Fee Rate; Preliminary	Annual Fee Rate
2007-12-18	No. 2007-4	2007 Fee Rate; Final	Annual Fee Rate
2007-11-09	No. 2007-3	Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) Compliance
2007-03-21	No. 2007-2	Advisory Bulletin on Digital Surveillance Systems
2007-03-21	No. 2008	Server Based Gaming Network Review and Security Measures Advisory	Server Based Games
2007-02-22	No. 2007-1	2007 Fee Rate; Preliminary	Annual Fee Rate
2006-02-14	No. 2006-1	2006 Fee Rate; Preliminary	Annual Fee Rate
2005-12-01	No. 2005-7	Retention and Storage of Inactive Gaming Personnel and Background Investigation Files	Regulatory Processes, Procedures & Tools
2005-11-04	No. 2005-5	2005 Fee Rate; Final	Annual Fee Rates
2005-08-24	No. 2005-4	Minimum Internal Control Standards Latest Revisions to 25 C.F.R. Part 542	Regulation by Tribes
2005-07-18	No. 2005-3	Minimum Internal Control Standards Revisions to 25 C.F.R. Part 542	Regulation by Tribes
2005-03-08	No. 2005-1	*ARCHIVED UPDATED WITH BULLETIN No. Use of Net Gaming Revenues	*ARCHIVED UPDATED WITH BULLETIN No. 2022-4 Use of Net Gaming Revenues
2005-02-08	No. 2005-2	2005 Fee Rate; Preliminary, February 8, 2005	Annual Fee Rates
2004-11-18	No. 2004-2	Indian Gaming Working Group	Govnmt to Govnmt Tribal-NIGC Consultations
2004-08-17	No. 2004-1	Final 2004 Fee Rate	Annual Fee Rates
2004-01-22	No. 2003-6	2004 Fee Rate; Preliminary	Annual Fee Rates
2003-09-26	No. 2003-4	Audit Requirements for Gaming Operations / Gross Gaming Revenue Computation	Use of Net Gaming Revenues
2003-09-23	No. 2003-3	Guidance on Classifying Games with Pre-Drawn Numbers	Class II, III & Charitable Gaming
2003-03-19	No. 2003-2	2003 Fee Rate; Final	Annual Fee Rates
2003-01-16	No. 2003-1	2003 Fee Rate; Preliminary	Annual Fee Rates
2002-12-19	No. 2002-2	2002 Fee Rate; Final	Annual Fee Rates
2002-02-28	No. 2002-1	2002 Fee Rate; Preliminary	Annual Fee Rates
2002-01-11	No. 2001-2	2001 Fee Rate; Final	Annual Fee Rates
2001-02-27	No. 2001-1	2001 Fee Rate; Preliminary	Annual Fee Rates
2000-12-11	No. 2000-2	2000 Fee Rate; Final	Annual Fee Rates
1999-10-12	No. 1999-3	* ARCHIVED UPDATED WITH BULLETIN No. 2022-5 Independence of Tribal Gaming Commissions
1999-08-18	No. 1999-2	Class II Games: Punch Boards, Tip Jars, and Instant Bingo	Class II, III & Charitable Gaming
1999-03-02	No. 1999-1	1999 Fee Rate	Annual Fee Rates
1998-09-02	No. 1998-3	Requirement to Submit Facility Licenses
1998-03-12	No. 1998-2	Annual Fees Payable By Indian Gaming Operations, Rule 1998 Fee Rates; Notice	Annual Fee Rates
1998-01-14	No. 1998-1	Charitable Gaming	Class II, III & Charitable Gaming
1997-07-25	No. 1997-2	Audit Requirements for Gaming Operations	Audit Reports
1996-12-31	No. 2007-3	Additional OFAC Guidance
1996-12-13	No. 1996-5	Notification of Change in NIGC Fingerprinting Processing	Regulatory Processes, Procedures & Tools
1996-10-10	No. 1996-4	NIGC Enforcement Policy in California
1996-03-18	No. 1996-3	1996 Fee Rate Notice. Federal Register, Vol. 61, No. 53, March 18, 1996, Fee Rates	Annual Fee Rates
1996-03-18	No. 1996-2	Notification of change in FBI Fingerprint Returns	Regulatory Processes, Procedures & Tools
1996-03-11	No. 1996-1	Audit Reports – A Reminder	Audit Reports
1995-10-24	No. 1995-2	Pull-Tab Sales on Indian Lands	Class II, III & Charitable Gaming
1995-04-10	No. 1995-1	All Banking Card Games Fall Within Class III Gaming	Class II, III & Charitable Gaming
1994-10-14	No. 1994-5	Approved Management Contracts v. Consulting Agreements (Unapproved Management Contracts are Void	Regulatory Processes, Procedures & Tools
1994-04-20	No. 1994-2	Suitability Determinations	Regulation by Tribes
1994-04-20	No. 1994-3	* ARCHIVED – UPDATED WITH BULLETIN No. 2022-5 Functions of a Tribal Gaming Commission	* ARCHIVED UPDATED WITH BULLETIN No. 2022-5