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Idaho shuts down "instant racing" slot machines
This could never happen in Arkansas. The Oaklawn lobby is too powerful. But note an Idaho Supreme Court ruling has upheld an Idaho law that banned the so-called instant racing slot machines developed by Oaklawn Park general manager Erick Jackson, in partnership with AmTote, as a stopgap entry to casino gambling before Oaklawn threw the door wide open with the "electronic games of skill" ruse (poker, blackjack, conventional slot machines).
What happened in Idaho? Pretty simple. When the emperor walks around with no clothes in Idaho, people say, "Hey, the man's nekkid."
What I mean to say is that Idaho law, like Arkansas's banned gambling. When Idaho racetracks introduced the Oaklawn-pioneered "instant racing" slot machines and claimed they were not gambling, but skilled parimutuel wagering on past races (never mind the slot-like bells and whistles and instant action stripped of any knowledge about the horses), critics said, "Hey, this is gambling!"
Some of us said that about instant racing machines and also about electronic games of skill. When a coin in the slot spins wheels and three 7s pays a jackpot, skill isn't the word that first comes to mind.[/div class]
Read More: http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2015/09/14/idaho-shuts-down-instant-racing-slot-machines
What happened in Idaho? Pretty simple. When the emperor walks around with no clothes in Idaho, people say, "Hey, the man's nekkid."
What I mean to say is that Idaho law, like Arkansas's banned gambling. When Idaho racetracks introduced the Oaklawn-pioneered "instant racing" slot machines and claimed they were not gambling, but skilled parimutuel wagering on past races (never mind the slot-like bells and whistles and instant action stripped of any knowledge about the horses), critics said, "Hey, this is gambling!"
Some of us said that about instant racing machines and also about electronic games of skill. When a coin in the slot spins wheels and three 7s pays a jackpot, skill isn't the word that first comes to mind.[/div class]
Read More: http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2015/09/14/idaho-shuts-down-instant-racing-slot-machines