Case 4:25-cv-14092-SDK-KGA ECF No. 29-1, PageID.504 Filed 01/26/26 Page 15 of 32
Seven of the Michigan Tribes 4 entered into Tribal-State gaming compacts in 1993 . Four of the Michigan Tribes 5 entered into Tribal-State gaming compacts in 1999. And finally, Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians (Gun Lake Tribe) entered into a Tribal-State Gaming compact in 2009. The Secretary of the Interior reviewed and approved (either affirmatively or by law) these agreements. 6 Michigan’s Lawful Sports Betting Act of 2019 (the “Act”) allows internet sports betting within the State to be conducted “only to the extent that it is conducted in accordance with [the Lawful Sports Betting Act].” MCL § 432.404(1). The Act expressly defines “sports betting” to include exactly the type of betting that Coinbase offers. See MCL § 432.403(bb). Under the Act, a sports betting operator license may only be issued to either: “A person who holds a 4 Bay Mills Indian Community, Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Hannahville Indian Community, Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe, and Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians. 5 Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi Indians, and Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians. 6 See Gaming Compacts , U.S. DOI, Bureau of Indian Affs., https://www.bia.gov/as-ia/oig/gaming-compacts?field_us_state_s__value=MI&fiel d_bogs_federally_recognized_target_id=All&field_approve_or_not_approved_val ue=All.
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