“We are deeply grateful to the tribal chairs and their representatives for their collaboration throughout these many months of negotiations, and we look forward to continuing the mutually beneficial gaming partnership between the state and the sovereign tribal nations with whom we share geography.”īurgum’s signature came after months of meeting between the two parties. The new agreements also state that each of the five North Dakota Native American tribes contributes $25,000 to gambling addiction programs. The compacts also approved online sports betting via mobile phones but only on reservation land and not outside them. signs compacts lowering gambling age, allowing in-reservation sports betting Doug Burgum announced last week that he has signed agreements with North Dakota’s North American Indian Tribes that lower the gambling age at tribal casinos from 21 to 19 years old and allow gamblers on reservations to use credit or debit cards to place bets. It also allows the use of credit or debit cards to place bets at reservation casinos.Among the major items in the new agreements is the lowering of the gambling age at tribal casinos from 21 to 19 years old.Gov Doug Burgum and North Dakota’s five Native American Tribes have signed new gaming compacts last week to replace the existing one that is due to expire early next year.
