Comments on: Horseless Racing Stumbles

By: erico49

erico49 — Tue, 27 Jan 2015 16:08:13 +0000

What we need is some consistency in gambling laws. I wouldn’t oppose legalization, but I do oppose the “it’s ok if the state sanctions it.” (lottery) or “it’s ok if we can benefit the horse racing business for the County.” But not ok for anyone else.

EDITOR NOTE–It’s all about the CONSTITUTION! Either defend it or change it, but don’t ignore or subvert it.

By: DO

DO — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 19:04:58 +0000

If anyone truly wanted to know for sure if these are slot machines or not then they would quit the speculation games and ask both the Nevada Gaming Commission (good enforcement experts) and Bally’s who builds the most slot machines. Chances are both will say yes to these machines.

EDITOR NOTE– There is also an Idaho Attorney General opinion on file which clearly defines slots. These machines fall within that definition.

By: Rod+in+SE+Boise

Rod+in+SE+Boise — Sun, 25 Jan 2015 23:21:02 +0000

They ARE slot machines and they SHOULD be legal.

Some slot machines at Native American casinos in some areas are (or were) based on historical bingo games.

By: J+Smith

J+Smith — Sat, 24 Jan 2015 15:51:38 +0000

You can tell how corrupt a country, state, or city is by the number of laws on the books. The more laws, the more corrupt. Laws are a method of control to assure that those who are wealthy, get richer, while those who are poor stay poor. If a state lottery is ok, all gambling should be ok. The only laws should be very simple. Don’t harm others or their property, or the wild areas. Laws are a way to take down someone who is not conforming to the imagined norm, and apply to the poor often, but rarely the wealthy.

By: Zippo

Zippo — Sat, 24 Jan 2015 01:07:37 +0000

They should doze the entire block and build a mall anchored by a Target store. Mega tax-money for Garden city if they do.

Got no idea why you’d want to gamble here when you can fly to LAS on pocket change… Hotels are cheap, food is excellent, it’s warm, and the hookers are licensed too.

By: Frankenstein Government

Frankenstein Government — Sat, 24 Jan 2015 00:45:57 +0000

I am in awe that the state has no problem stealing your money in lottery sales or horse racing simulcasts- but finds slot machines “illegal.”

Thank Gawd for the state. Without them- I wouldn’t know which thieving enterprise I wanted to patronize.

By: slfisher

slfisher — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 21:32:26 +0000

If the Legislature had done their due diligence in the first place, they would have realized this. It’s not like the information is difficult to find out. Now we have a bunch of businesses that laid out money for the machines, and what happens to them?

By: JJ

JJ — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 20:36:24 +0000

Call the machines what you want, at the end of the day the problem we have is legislators thinking they know better than me, on how I should spend my money. If I as a legal adult wish to waste money on gambling, then I should be allowed to do so. It is a farce for the state to pretend to protect the public from the evils of gambling, while the same state promotes the participation in and receives profit from the state-owned gambling monopoly, the lottery.