About igr

Mission & Mandate

 

Mission

The Indigenous Gaming Regulators Inc., as an institution of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations, shall:

      • Function as a lawful and credible licensing authority that has the capacity and ability to license and regulate lottery schemes on-reserve in an impartial and unbiased fashion, pursuant to Subsection 207 (1)(b) of The Criminal Code of Canada including performing other related regulatory functions and tasks as required from time to time;


      • Act at all times in the public interest by ensuring that the licensing and regulation of lottery schemes and the registration of gaming employees and gaming suppliers are conducted in a fair, consistent and ethical manner;


      • Implement sound business and administrative practices to carry out the operations of the corporation in an efficient and cost effective manner, while upholding high standards of trust, honesty, integrity, credibility, competence and accountability within the First Nations’ gaming industry.


    Mandate

The Mandate of Indigenous Gaming Regulators guides our operations. The Mandate is as follows:

1.     The corporation shall function as a licensing authority in accordance with the provisions of The Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Licensing Act, 2002,the Framework Agreement, the SIGL Regulatory Agreement, along with any agreements as negotiated from time to time by the corporation; and shall develop and maintain sufficient capacity for the purposes of:

a.        performing due diligence investigations in relation to the: 

i         licensing of charitable lottery schemes on designated reserves pursuant to subsection 207(1)(b) of the Criminal Code which include:

(1)   bingo lottery schemes;

(2)   breakopen lottery schemes;

(3)  raffle lottery schemes;

(4)  other lottery schemes as identified from time to time; and including any other lottery schemes pursuant to section 207 of the Criminal Code.

ii       licensing of charitable lottery schemes offered for play at SIGA casino sites, pursuant to subsection 207(1)(b) of the Criminal Code which include all casino table games offered for play;

iii            regulation of lottery schemes on designated reserves and at SIGA Casino sites, through the effective monitoring and enforcement of terms and conditions which attach to, and form part of, any license issued by the corporation; 

iv          issuance of certificates of registration for any person seeking registration as a gaming employee;

v         issuance of certificates of registration for any person, business, company, or corporate entity seeking registration as a gaming supplier; 

vi         denying, suspending, revoking and restricting or amending of licenses and/or certificates of registration; and

vii             other regulatory duties and functions as required from time to time;

    being identified as a demonstrative and competent regulatory model that may promote the advancement and development of the full jurisdiction proposals as referenced in Part 2 of the 2002 Framework Agreement and Part 8.01 of the SIGL Regulatory Agreement.

    IGR, on behalf of the First Nations, has signed a Licensing Agreement with Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority, that will provide IGR with the authority to conduct on-reserve charitable gaming licensing and regulation.

    This Licensing Agreement is specified under Part 10 of the 2002 Framework Agreement signed by the Province of Saskatchewan and the FSIN through the Chiefs-in-Assembly, and detailed in the SIGL Regulatory Agreement, signed by SLGA and Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Licensing (now IGR)