Stop Predatory Gambling Idaho Board of Directors:
President: Jonathan Krutz, MBA, Boise
Vice President: Laird Noh, Kimberly
Treasurer: Del Ririe, Boise
Secretary: David Prest, Meridian
Mike Duff, Blackfoot
Mike Read, Boise
Predatory gambling in Idaho:
In 2013 the Idaho legislature allowed historic horse racing gambling machines to operate at Idaho’s tracks. In 2015, the legislature banned the gambling machines because 1) the devices imitate slot machines, which is unconstitutional and 2) legislators felt misled by backers of the proposal.
On May 1, 2018, proponents submitted signatures to put a law allowing the gambling machines on the November 2018 Idaho ballot.
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The petition language can be found here: https://sos.idaho.gov/elect/inits/2018/init04.html
The opinion of the Idaho Attorney General raising questions about the proposal’s constitutionality can be found here: http://www.ag.idaho.gov/publications/op-guide-cert/2018/C011218.pdf
Do these look like slot machine imitations to you? A video of the machines in action can be found here: https://youtu.be/8oPIxLfDroo
