This bill requires review and evaluation of any proposal to authorize new for-profit gambling in the State or to expand existing authorized for-profit gambling in the State. Following a public hearing on such a proposal, and if a majority of the joint standing committee of jurisdiction supports the proposal, the proposal must be submitted to the Gambling Control Board and the Gambling Control Unit within the Department of Public
43 Safety for review and evaluation of the financial impact that the proposal would have on
44 eligible nonprofit organizations licensed or registered to conduct games of chance. The
45 Legislature may not enact into law any such proposal unless the proposal is reviewed and
46 evaluated by the Gambling Control Board and the Gambling Control Unit and determined
47 to have no negative financial impact on eligible nonprofit organizations licensed or
48 registered to conduct games of chance. The bill also authorizes partner-assisted beano, as long as the partnered pair plays no more than 18 tally cards per game. The bill also defines "lucky seven or similar sealed ticket game," which is a game of chance, and clarifies that lucky seven or similar sealed ticket games include so-called progressive pull-tab games, which are games designed by the manufacturer to include a jackpot prize that is carried over to a subsequent series of tickets or cards with the same form number in the event that jackpot prize is not won.

Statutes affected:
Bill Text LD 1490, SP 605: 17.329, 17.1831