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Legislator Urges Video Poker Gambling - 2004-02-06
Hulmeville Inn proprietor Jeff Lavin has seen lottery tickets sold in supermarket vending machines. He's also read up on the debate over slot machine legislation for racetracks.

If or when the slots bill being disputed in the state Senate goes to the House of Representatives, Allegheny County state Rep. Paul Costa expects to push House Bill 1216 as an amendment. The bill would legalize video poker, keno and blackjack contained in one machine at liquor-licensed establishments like clubs, taverns and restaurants.
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Panel Won't Budge Over Repeal Video Lottery - 2004-02-06
A project to repeal video gambling and substitute the lost profits with a sales tax hike was rejected Friday by a South Dakota Senate Committee. The State Affairs Committee killed the repeal measure 7-2 after those who contested stated that voters chose to keep the video lottery in 1992, 1994 and 2000.

The state and video lottery businesses share the money players lose in the machines, which feature poker, blackjack, keno and bingo games. Total player losses were $212.2 million in the budget year ending last June, so the state and businesses received $106.1 million individually.
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