Case 4:25-cv-14092-SDK-KGA ECF No. 29-1, PageID.499 Filed 01/26/26 Page 10 of 32
STATEMENT OF INTEREST As described more fully in their brief in support of the motion for leave to file, IGA, NCAI, CNIGA, AIGA, WIGA, OIGA, SMGHA, and the Amici Tribes all have a shared, strong interest in this case because of its potential to have a significant impact on tribal sovereign rights regarding gaming on Indian lands. Tribal gaming revenue provides vital funding for essential government services, tribal programs, and economic development. INTRODUCTION Coinbase is asking this Court to override the unique tribal-state regulatory structure of sports betting in Michigan, abandon the national policy of sports- betting regulation, and turn decades of federal law on its head. The Court should not be persuaded to do so. America’s history is replete with prospectors taking resources from Indian lands without permission from tribes. But Congress put a stop to that practice long ago. Yet Coinbase would have this Court believe that, without so much as a whisper of legislative intent, Congress permitted it to conduct unregulated nationwide sports betting, including on Indian lands. Congress did no such thing. Tribes have primary jurisdiction over their lands and activities occurring thereon. Tribes, like states, also have a strong sovereign interest in determining what gaming activities may take place on their lands. As recognized by the
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