The U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) approved the State’s two most recent gambling compacts with the Kialegee Tribal Town (KTT) and United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians (UKB).

Gov. Kevin Stitt said these new gambling compacts double the fee rate on Class III games, from 6% in the 2004 Model Gaming Compact to as high as 13%. “The U.S. Department of Interior recognizes the State’s good faith effort to negotiate with Oklahoma tribes in the approval of two new gaming compacts that will generate new venue for public schools in the future and expand economic opportunity for our tribal partners,” said Kevin Stitt.

The tribes can begin operating under the terms agreed to between the parties once the compacts are published in the Federal Register.