In Alabama, illegal video gambling machines are increasingly being discovered and shut down, as WTVM reports.Īnd in Missouri, while legislators continue to debate possible action to legalize sports betting, the Senate voted 20-11 on Wednesday not to legalize VLTs. The day before, the Senate unanimously approved a bill to limit the machines’ proliferation while the state conducts a gambling study this year and next. In North Dakota, as The Bismarck Tribune reported, the Senate last Friday killed a bill to expand the number of sites that could house the machines. In Kentucky, which saw sports betting legalized last Friday, the gray games are on life support - and the business owners who rely on them for income aren’t happy about it. Depending on what state folks live in, they might never have heard such terms as “gray machines,” “electronic pull tabs,” “skill games,” “ historical horse racing” (HHR), “video lottery terminals” (VLTs), or “video gaming terminals” (VGTs).īut whatever names they go by, these variations on slot-like games are popular forms of gambling in numerous juridictions - and in some states are just about the only legal gambling option available.Īnd they’ve been in the news a lot the past week, as legislators are increasingly examining or reexamining their legal status. When most people hear the word “gambling,” they think of slot machines at casinos, dealers tossing cards across the felt, or, increasingly, sports betting. So pull up a chair, crunch the numbers, and slide forward another stack of chips. Sports Handle’s “Get a Grip” rounds up everything on the sports betting side, and US Bets provides the best of the rest: brick-and-mortar happenings, online casino developments, poker headlines, and more.

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