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by matttproud 32 days ago
Good on Minnesota.
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Not even. Minnesota is fine with betting as long as it is tribal betting and lawmakers are getting their share of the cut. Look it up.
I lived there, and I am familiar with that. I would be happy if they did away with all of it, including the state-administered lottery. But this is a great start of low-hanging fruit.
Once a vice is taxed, it becomes a budget line item for the local government and is much harder to get rid of
Exactly.

This is not a law to protect people, this is a law to protect entrenched special interests (Reservation and State-owned casinos).