It's a move that concerns even some business owners who carry the game, in which winners are announced every four minutes. And at Eleanor Rigby's in Mineola, bar manager Richard Lindeman said, 'I don't think they should put this game just any place. I've seen the abuse. Children trying to play. Nevada gaming regulators are considering a set of new rules restricting gambling machines in retail businesses to alcoves and other areas physically separated from the main part of the store .
Commissioners are also worried about minors coming to associate gambling with retail businesses.
Commissioner Brian Sandoval recounted a recent experience fighting his way through a crowd of people attending a slot tournament at a Reno area drug store in the company of his two small children. Now, he said, when he takes his son to a store, the boy wonders if there are going to be any 'hot' machines . Video gambling industry leaders were major supporters of Hodges during his campaign. Casino critic Sen. Joe Neal threw down the gauntlet to the gaming industry Wednesday, introducing bills to raise the tax paid by Nevada's biggest casinos, to ban political contributions by gaming interests and to repeal a controversial tax break for those who buy and display valuable works of art . The three controversial measures introduced by Neal in the Senate have no co-sponsors, a sign casino industry lobbyists say is indicative of a lack of support.