Now that Tim Goodwin has been voted out of the Legislature after three terms of largely bad ideas, maybe he can focus his energy on…
Tag: video lottery
On the good side, closing bars and casinos means that people who are predisposed to gamble with their money have fewer opportunities to go out…
Rookie Representative Carl Perry (R-3/Aberdeen) said at least week’s Aberdeen crackerbarrel that we’d see some video lottery legislation. This week he signed on as co-sponsor…
An eager reader notices Speaker G. Mark Mickelson’s (R-12/Sioux Falls) hypocrisy on funding state functions with unhealthy habits. Speaker Mickelson says there’s no way he’ll support…
Senator-Elect Al Novstrup and I agree that video lottery is a terrible way to fund state operations. Novstrup said (at about 53:00 in our November 4 KSDN radio debate)…
I guess for video lottery operators, the only thing worse than getting robbed is getting regulated. The South Dakota Lottery Commission met last Thursday to…
Holy cow! Rep. Lance Russell (R-30/Hot Springs) beats Governor Dennis Daugaard and the Democrats to the punch and puts the first real teacher pay bill of the…
I said last week that House Bill 1048, which would increase the number of video lottery machines per establish, raise bets and prizes, and let a more-empowered state Lottery Commission keep…
Someone’s still looking out for North Sioux City’s stiffer gambling competition from across the river. Dakota Dunes Senator Dan Lederman tried and failed twice to get…
Bob Mercer sat in on Thursday’s meeting of the South Dakota Lottery Commission and learned that the new Hard Rock Casino in Sioux City kept video lottery growth…