Within a massive packet of proposed updates to federal regulation of Class III tribal-state gaming compacts lie several sentences that could dramatically change the face of digital gaming across the U.S.

Most immediately, if the proposed rules are adopted, they potentially could negate a lawsuit brought against the U.S. Department of the Interior by two Florida parimutuels and allow Florida’s Seminole Tribe to offer statewide digital sports betting and icasino. In addition, the proposed rules could allow for tribes to purchase land, put it in trust, build a casino, and then provide the same types of online gaming, all without being taxed by the state on those lands.