From AP RALEIGH, N.C. – Arcade machine owners who want to return to the video poker business in North Carolina say they want to remove the cloud hanging over the games.
A House judiciary committee heard about a bill Tuesday to legalize video gambling terminals again and give the state 20 percent of the profits. The Legislature banned the machines in July 2007, but there has been a series of legal rulings that threaten to invalidate the ban.
Video poker had been tainted because one of its biggest supporters was then-House Speaker Jim Black. He is in federal prison after pleading guilty to a corruption count unrelated to video poker.
No vote was taken on the bill Tuesday. There’s not much support from leaders in the House and Senate.
August 16th, 2009 at 12:48 pm
I am trying to think of a good reason why the government is saying that we can NOT gamble? Its our money and if we want to give it to a game of chance rather than “GOVERNMENT CREATED TAX” what is the problem? RAISE TAXES? I can’t even get a dime back on that…at least a game a chance gives me just that , a chance. If the government taxed the video games they would still get generated income. Its our money. I dont drink, smoke, or do drugs. I like to spend my entertainment money on whatever I want. I pay for a movie that only leaves a memory. Some pay for “a few drinks” that leaves some dead due to drunk driving.