Oklahoma 2025 2025 Regular Session

Oklahoma House Bill HB1047 Engrossed / Bill

Filed 03/27/2025

                     
 
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ENGROSSED HOUSE 
BILL NO. 1047 	By: Luttrell of the House 
 
   and 
 
  Coleman of the Senate 
 
 
 
 
[ amusements and sports - state-tribal – gaming – 
exception - Gaming Compact Supplement - sports 
betting - tribal administration – supplements – 
codification - effective date ] 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: 
SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     3A O.S. 2021, Section 262, is 
amended to read as follows: 
Section 262.  A.  If at least four Indian tribes enter into the 
model tribal-state compact set forth in Section 281 of this title, 
and such compacts are approved by the Secretary of the Interior and 
notice of such approval is published in the Federal Register, the 
Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission ("Commission") shall license 
organization licensees which are licensed pursuant to Section 205.2 
of this title to conduct authorized gaming as that term is defined 
by this act pursuant to this act utilizing gaming machines or 
devices authorized by this act subject to the limitations of   
 
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subsection C of this section.  No fair association or organization 
licensed pursuant to Section 208.2 of this title or a city, town or 
municipality incorporated or otherwise, or an instrumentality 
thereof, may conduct authorized gaming as that term is define d by 
this act. 
Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 941 through 988 of 
Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the conducting of and 
participation in gaming in accordance with the provisions of this 
act or the model compact set forth in Section 281 of thi s title is 
lawful and shall not be subject to any criminal penalties.  Provided 
further, a licensed manufacturer or distributor licensed pursuant to 
this act may manufacture, exhibit or store as a lawful activity any 
machines or devices which are capable o f being used to conduct the 
following types of gaming: 
1.  Gaming authorized by the State -Tribal Gaming Act; or 
2.  Other gaming which may be lawfully conducted by an Indian 
tribe in this state. 
B.  Except for Christmas Day, authorized gaming may only be 
conducted by an organization licensee on days when the licensee is 
either conducting live racing or is accepting wagers on simulcast 
races at the licensee's racing facilities.  Authorized gaming may 
only be conducted by organization licensees at enclosure l ocations 
where live racing is conducted.  Under no circumstances shall 
authorized gaming be conducted by an organization licensee at any   
 
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facility outside the organization licensee's racing enclosure.  No 
person who would not be eligible to be a patron of a pari-mutuel 
system of wagering pursuant to the provisions of subsection B of 
Section 208.4 of this title shall be admitted into any area of a 
facility when authorized games are played nor be permitted to 
operate, or obtain a prize from, or in connection w ith, the 
operation of any authorized game, directly or indirectly. 
C.  In order to encourage the growth, sustenance and development 
of live horse racing in this state and of the state's agriculture 
and horse industries, the Commission is hereby authorized to issue 
licenses to conduct authorized gaming to no more than three 
organization licensees operating racetrack locations at which horse 
race meetings with pari -mutuel wagering, as authorized by the 
Commission pursuant to the provisions of this title, occu rred in 
calendar year 2001, as follows: 
1.  An organization licensee operating a racetrack location at 
which an organization licensee is licensed to conduct a race meeting 
pursuant to the provisions of Section 205.2 of this title located in 
a county with a population exceeding six hundred thousand (600,000) 
persons, according to the most recent Federal Decennial Census, 
shall be licensed to operate not more than six hundred fifty (650) 
player terminals in any year.  Beginning with the third year after 
an organization licensee is licensed pursuant to this paragraph to 
operate such player terminals, such licensee may be licensed to   
 
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operate an additional fifty (50) player terminals.  Beginning with 
the fifth year after an organization licensee is licensed pursu ant 
to this paragraph to operate such player terminals, such licensee 
may be licensed to operate a further additional fifty (50) player 
terminals; and 
2.  Two organization licensees operating racetrack locations at 
which the organization licensees are lice nsed to conduct race 
meetings pursuant to the provisions of Section 205.2 of this title 
located in counties with populations not exceeding four hundred 
thousand (400,000) persons, according to the most recent Federal 
Decennial Census, may each be licensed to operate not more than two 
hundred fifty (250) player terminals in any year. 
Subject to the limitations on the number of player terminals 
permitted to each organization licensee, an organization licensee 
may utilize electronic amusement games as defined in this act, 
electronic bonanza-style bingo games as defined in this act and 
electronic instant bingo games as defined in this act, and any type 
of gaming machine or device that is specifically allowed by law and 
that an Indian tribe in this state is autho rized to utilize pursuant 
to a compact entered into between the state and the tribe in 
accordance with the provisions of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act 
and any other machine or device that an Indian tribe in this state 
is lawfully permitted to operate pu rsuant to the Indian Gaming 
Regulatory Act, referred to collectively as "authorized games".  An   
 
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organization licensee's utilization of such machines or devices 
shall be subject to the regulatory control and supervision of the 
Commission; provided, the Comm ission shall have no role in oversight 
and regulation of gaming conducted by a tribe subject to a compact.  
The Commission shall promulgate rules to regulate the operation and 
use of authorized gaming by organization licensees.  In promulgating 
such rules, the Commission shall consider the provisions of any 
compact which authorizes electronic gaming which is specifically 
authorized by law by an Indian tribe.  For the purpose of paragraphs 
1 and 2 of this subsection, the number of player terminals in an 
authorized game that permits multiple players shall be determined by 
the maximum number of players that can participate in that game at 
any given time; provided, however, that nothing in this act 
prohibits the linking of player terminals for progressive jackpo ts, 
so long as the limitations on the number of permitted player 
terminals at each organization licensee are not exceeded.  Each 
organization licensee shall keep a record of, and shall report at 
least quarterly to the Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission, the number 
of games authorized by this section utilized in the organization 
licensee's facility, by the name or type of each and its identifying 
number. 
D.  No zoning or other local ordinance may be adopted or amended 
by a political subdivision where an organi zation licensee conducts 
live horse racing with the intent to restrict or prohibit an   
 
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organization licensee's right to conduct authorized gaming at such 
location. 
E.  For purposes of this act, "adjusted gross revenues" means 
the total receipts received by an organization licensee from the 
play of all authorized gaming minus all monetary payouts. 
F.  The Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission shall promulgate rules 
to regulate, implement and enforce the provisions of this act with 
regard to the conduct of authoriz ed gaming by organization 
licensees; provided, regulation and oversight of games covered by a 
compact and operated by an Indian tribe shall be conducted solely 
pursuant to the requirements of the compact. 
G.  If an organization licensee operates or attempt s to operate 
more player terminals which offer authorized games than it is 
authorized to offer to the public by this act or the terms of its 
license, upon written notice from the Commission, such activity 
shall cease forthwith.  Such activity shall constit ute a basis upon 
which the Commission may suspend or revoke the licensee's license.  
The Commission shall promulgate any rules and regulations necessary 
to enforce the provisions of this subsection. 
H.  This act is game -specific and shall not be construed to 
allow the operation of any other form of gaming unless specifically 
allowed by this act.  This act shall not permit the operation of 
slot machines, house -banked card games, house -banked table games 
involving dice or roulette wheels, or games where winners are   
 
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determined by wagering on the outcome of a sports contest ; provided, 
however, that wagering on the outcome of sports contests may be 
conducted in accordance with Section 3 of this act . 
SECTION 2.     AMENDATORY     3A O.S. 2021, Se ction 280, is 
amended to read as follows: 
Section 280.  The State of Oklahoma through the concurrence of 
the Governor after considering the executive prerogatives of that 
office and the power to negotiate the terms of a compact between the 
state and a tribe, and by means of the execution of the State -Tribal 
Gaming Act, and with the concurrence of the State Legislature 
through the enactment of the State -Tribal Gaming Act, hereby makes 
the following offer of a model tribal gaming compact Model Tribal 
Gaming Compact regarding gaming to all federally recognized Indian 
tribes as identified in the Federal Register within this state that 
own or are the beneficial owners of Indian lands as defined by the 
Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, 25 U.S.C., Section 2703(4), and over 
which the tribe has jurisdiction as recognized by the Secretary of 
the Interior and is a part of the tribe's "Indian reservation" as 
defined in 25 C.F.R., Part 151.2 or has been acquired pursuant to 25 
C.F.R., Part 151, which, if accepted, shall const itute a gaming 
compact between this state and the accepting tribe for purposes of 
the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.  Acceptance of the offer contained 
in this section shall be through the signature of the chief 
executive officer of the tribal government wh ose authority to enter   
 
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into the compact Compact shall be set forth in an accompanying law 
or ordinance or resolution by the governing body of the tribe, a 
copy of which shall be provided by the tribe to the Governor.  No 
further action by the Governor or t he state is required before the 
compact Compact can take effect.  A tribe accepting this Model 
Tribal Gaming Compact is responsible for submitting a copy of the 
Compact executed by the tribe to the Secretary of the Interior for 
approval and publication in the Federal Register.  The tribe shall 
provide a copy of the executed Compact to the Governor.  No tribe 
shall be required to agree to terms different than the terms set 
forth in the Model Tribal Gaming Compact, which is set forth in 
Section 281 of this ti tle.  As a precondition to execution of the 
Model Tribal Gaming Compact by any tribe, the tribe must have paid 
or entered into a written agreement for payment of any fines 
assessed prior to the effective date of the State -Tribal Gaming Act 
by the federal government with respect to the tribe's gaming 
activities pursuant to the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. 
Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 941 through 988 of 
Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the conducting of and the 
participation in any game autho rized by the model compact Model 
Tribal Gaming Compact set forth in Section 281 of this title are 
lawful when played pursuant to a compact which has become effective.   
 
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1.  Prior to July 1, 2008, of all fees received by the state 
pursuant to subsection A of Part 11 of the Model Tribal Gaming 
Compact set forth in Section 281 of this title: 
a. twelve percent (12%) shall be deposited in the 
Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Trust Fund, and 
b. eighty-eight percent (88%) of such fees shall be 
deposited in the Educat ion Reform Revolving Fund. 
2.  On or after July 1, 2008, of all fees received by the state 
pursuant to subsection A of Part 11 of the Model Tribal Gaming 
Compact set forth in Section 281 of this title and Gaming Compact 
Supplements offered pursuant to Sect ion 2 280.1 of this title and 
Section 3 of this act: 
a. twelve percent (12%) shall be deposited in the General 
Revenue Fund, and 
b. eighty-eight percent (88%) of such fees shall be 
deposited in the Education Reform Revolving Fund. 
Provided, the first Twent y Thousand Eight Hundred Thirty -three 
Dollars and thirty-three cents ($20,833.33) of all fees received 
each month by the state pursuant to subsection A of Part 11 of the 
Model Tribal Gaming Compact set forth in Section 281 of this title 
and Gaming Compact Supplements offered pursuant to Section 2 280.1 
of this title and Section 3 of this act shall be transferred to the 
Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services for the   
 
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treatment of compulsive gambling disorder and educational programs 
related to such disorder. 
SECTION 3.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified 
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 280.2 of Title 3A, unless there 
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: 
A.  Provided that federal laws per mit and pursuant to the offer 
of the Model Tribal Gaming Compact made in Section 280 of Title 3A 
of the Oklahoma Statutes and the definition of "covered games" in 
the Model Tribal Gaming Compact codified in Section 281 of Title 3A 
of the Oklahoma Statutes, which said codified compact offer provides 
the state may approve additional forms of covered games under said 
compact by amendment of the State -Tribal Gaming Act and a compacting 
tribe may operate such additional forms of covered games by written 
supplement to an existing compact, the state hereby approves, 
subject to this section, an additional game offering as follows: 
"Sports betting" means any wagering on the outcome of sporting 
events or other events, other than horse or other animal races. 
B.  Should a tribe that has compacted with the state in 
accordance with Sections 280 and 281 of Title 3A of the Oklahoma 
Statutes elect to accept this offer of an additional covered game 
and, accordingly, to operate sports betting under the terms of its 
existing gaming compact with the state, said tribe shall execute a 
supplement to said compact, to provide as follows: 
MODEL TRIBAL GAMING COMPACT SUPPLEMENT   
 
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Between the [Name of Tribe] 
and the STATE OF OKLAHOMA 
To be governed in accord with the [Name of Tribe]'s State -Tribal 
Gaming Compact ("Compact"), approved by the United States Department 
of the Interior on [Date], the [Name of Tribe] ("Tribe") accepts the 
state's offer of additional covered game codified in Section 280.2 
of Title 3A of the Oklahoma Statutes, which offer and this 
acceptance are subject to the following terms: 
Part 1.  TITLE 
This document shall be referred to as the "[Name of Tribe] and 
State of Oklahoma Gaming Compact Sports Betting Supplement (Gaming 
Compact Supplement)". 
Part 2.  TERMS 
A.  The Tribe hereby memorializes its election to accept the 
state's offer of an additional covered game, which offer is codified 
in Section 280.2 of Title 3A of the Oklahoma Statutes.  The Tribe 
further certifies and agrees it shall not offer such additional 
covered game unless and until doing so would be legal under federal 
law. 
B.  The Tribe agrees, subject to the enforcement and exclusivity 
provisions of its Compact, to pay to the state a fee derived from 
sports betting revenues calculated as set forth in this sub section.  
Such fee shall be paid no later than the twentieth day of the month 
for revenues received by the Tribe in the preceding month.  The fee   
 
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shall be ten percent (10%) of monthly adjusted transaction total 
from sports betting.  For purposes of this Su pplement, "adjusted 
transaction total" means the gross sports betting transaction total 
less (1) winnings returned to patrons on associated wagers, (2) 
voided wagers, (3) free play or other promotional credits, (4) 
generally accepted associated operating c osts, and (5) any 
associated federal excise taxes. 
Payments of such fees shall be made to the Treasurer of the State of 
Oklahoma.  Nothing herein shall require the allocation of such fees 
to particular state purposes, including, but not limited to, the 
actual costs of performing the State's regulatory responsibilities 
hereunder.  "Net win" shall mean all money wagered less prizes paid 
out and less applicable federal taxes.  For all purposes, such 
payment shall be deemed an exclusivity and fee payment under 
paragraph 2 of subsection A of Part 11 of the State -Tribal Gaming 
Compact between the electing Tribe and the State. 
C.  The Tribe's operation of sports betting pursuant to this 
Gaming Compact Supplement shall, for all purposes, including 
enforcement and exclusivity, be treated as subject to and lawfully 
conducted under the terms and provisions of the Compact. 
Part 3.  AUTHORITY TO EXECUTE 
This Gaming Compact Supplement, to the extent it conforms with 
Section 280.2 of Title 3A of the Oklahoma Statutes, is de emed 
approved by the State of Oklahoma.  No further action of the State   
 
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or any state official is necessary for this Gaming Compact 
Supplement to take effect upon approval by the Secretary of the 
United States Department of the Interior and publication in t he 
Federal Register.  The undersigned tribal official(s) represents 
that he or she is duly authorized and has the authority to execute 
this Gaming Compact Supplement on behalf of the Tribe for whom he or 
she is signing. 
APPROVED: 
[Name of Tribe] 
________________________  Date:  __________ 
[Title] 
C.  A tribe electing to accept this additional game offering is 
responsible for submitting a copy of the executed supplement to the 
Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior for 
approval and publica tion in the Federal Register. 
D.  Upon approval of a supplement by the Secretary of the United 
States Department of the Interior, said supplement shall be 
construed as an acceptance of this offer and a supplement to the 
Tribe's existing State -Tribal Gaming Compact with the State. 
Thereafter, sports betting shall be deemed a covered game pursuant 
to said Compact. 
E.  The Tribe is entitled to keep an amount equal to state 
payments from the operation of sports betting.  For all purposes, 
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paragraph 2 of subsection A of Part 11 of the State -Tribal Gaming 
Compact between the electing Tribe and the State. 
F.  The offer contained in this section shall not be construed 
to permit the operation of any ad ditional form of gaming by 
organization licensees or permit any additional electronic or 
machine gaming within Oklahoma. 
G.  Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 941 through 988 
of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the conducting of and 
participation in any game authorized pursuant to this section are 
lawful when played pursuant to a compact supplement which has become 
effective in accordance with this section. 
SECTION 4.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2025. 
Passed the House of Representatives the 26th day of March, 2025. 
 
 
 
  
 	Presiding Officer of the House 
 	of Representatives 
 
 
 
Passed the Senate the ___ day of __________, 2025. 
 
 
 
  
 	Presiding Officer of the Senate