See the User's Guide for details. Today, the issue goes before the state's highest court. Lawyers representing people who lost money in the machines sued in federal court, and a federal judge asked the state Supreme Court to advise him on the machines' legality. The justices will hear arguments today on whether video gambling violates the state constitution's prohibition against gambling on games of chance. The state has 31,000 video gambling machines, and casinos have sprouted on most of the state's major commercial strips.
Video poker is a bad thing.
It hypnotizes the weak-minded with its flashing lights, and somehow makes you think you're going to win eventually. After Joy's death, the State Line Casino sent Baker a notice saying his wife had written a bad check. Legislators tried regulations. Often cited is a limit of five machines per location. Poker casino operators just built up walls and installed separate electric meters and called each small room a separate business.