IGRA classifies the various forms of gaming into different classes and establishes regulatory jurisdiction for each class.
The United States Congress passed the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) the following year in response to the Supreme Court’s decision. 202 (1987), recognized the Tribal government’s sovereign right to regulate gaming on their reservations. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, 480 U.S. In 1987, the United States Supreme Court’s landmark decision in favor of the Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, (California v.
