# 2025-00772: Tribe Ditches Anti-Smoking Funds for More Electronic Gambling

2025-00772, Indian Gaming; Approval of the Fifth Amendment to the Tribal-State Class III Gaming Compact Amendment Between Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians of Washington and the State of Washington, is a Federal Register notice from an unnamed agency published 2025-01-15, effective 2025-01-15 (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-00772
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-00772
- Title: Indian Gaming; Approval of the Fifth Amendment to the Tribal-State Class III Gaming Compact Amendment Between Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians of Washington and the State of Washington
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: unknown
- Citation: unknown
- Published: 2025-01-15
- Effective: 2025-01-15
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

Tribe Ditches Anti-Smoking Funds for More Electronic Gambling

## Summary

The Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians and Washington State just updated their gaming agreement to allow electronic table games and dropped a rule about sharing money for smoking programs. This change kicks in on January 15, 2025, giving the tribe more ways to run their casino games and keep things fresh. It’s a win for the tribe’s gaming operations and the state’s oversight.

## Abstract

The Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs approves the fifth amendment to the Tribal-State compact for class III gaming between the Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians of Washington and the State of Washington governing the operation and regulation of class III gaming activities. The amendment allows for the operation of electronic table games and removes provisions related to revenue sharing for smoking cessation purposes.

## Effects PRIA read

- Tribe authorized electronic table games: benefit, low. The approved amendment lets the Stillaguamish Tribe operate electronic table games and creates rules for those games. This change takes effect on January 15, 2025.
- Smoking-cessation revenue sharing removed: benefit, low. The approved amendment removes provisions that required revenue sharing for smoking cessation purposes. The amendment is effective January 15, 2025.

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## Sources
- [2025-00772 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/15/2025-00772/indian-gaming-approval-of-the-fifth-amendment-to-the-tribal-state-class-iii-gaming-compact-amendment)
- [2025-00772 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-15/pdf/2025-00772.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-00772 (as of 2026-06-08).