Watchdog for $46 billion tribal gambling industry can't enforce the law without a chairperson

The federal watchdog responsible for overseeing the tribal gambling industry is currently unable to enforce the law due to a vacancy in the position of chairperson. This regulatory paralysis affects an industry that generated a record $46 billion in 2025.

To contextualize the scale of this unregulated market, the tribal gambling industry's revenue has reached a point where it is nearly triple the annual casino revenue generated by the gambling powerhouse state of Nevada.