After a weak start, the games have boomed in popularity.Īfter payouts and expenses, proceeds from play are split among charities, the state treasury and stadium debt repayment. The pull tab version of electronic gambling offered in bars and restaurants was first authorized in 2012 as part of the finance plan for a new Minnesota Vikings stadium. It also calls out “hold and spin features, delayed reveals, cascading or tumbling reveals, bonus games, bonus wheels, free play, free spins.”
The measure he successfully had added to a House budget bill would bar games that “display or simulate any other form of gambling, entertainment, slot machines, electronic video lotteries, or video games of chance.”
