The formula for disbursement of the Special Distribution Fund (SDF) and the Revenue Sharing Trust Fund (RSTF) reveals a crisis in how these funds are used and abused. Where is the funding for providing effective state regulatory oversight of a 19.5 billion dollar and growing industry of which California tribal governments are the major players? The 1999 gaming compacts promise such oversight, for which the public has a reasonable expectation, but the Legislature has, thus far declined to provide adequate funding.