North Dakota’s plans to expand gambling by creating up to six state-owned gambling enterprises have actually been grabbing the headlines within the neighborhood news, due to the probable impact on tribal and charitable video gaming operators.
‘Instant racing’ uses principles of parimutuel wagering, but has faced appropriate challenges in the couple of states where it’s been introduced as being, in fact, a glorified slot machine.
However now an under-the-radar bill, spotted by regional radio host Mike McFeeley this week, poses an extra risk to your 300-odd charitable gambling places in bars and clubs across the state.
Senate Bill 2221 would authorize ‘historic racing’ or ‘instant racing’ machines at as much as ten locations in the Peace Garden State. These machines allow gamblers to place bets on races that have been run.
Video clip of races from around the global world are stored, and a race is played at random as soon as bets have been placed. The names regarding the horses and dates and locations associated with races, are, of course, concealed from the bettor.
Slot or Not?
Ostensibly, the machines are made to simulate a day at the races for the bettor that is happy-go-lucky but there’s also another, less obvious cause for their existence. Because these events are classed as parimutuel betting, with multiple players contributing to a pool, they’re not defined as ‘slots,’ Continue reading “North Dakota ‘Historic Racing’ Device Bill Poses Threat to State’s Charitable Gambling Industry”