Massachusetts Video Poker's End is Near

As reported by the Republican: "License Commission Chairman Thomas N. Wilson said yesterday as a result of a recent City Hall meeting with State Police he anticipates license commissioners will no longer issue permits for video poker slot machines.

"Wilson suggested the commission will soon act to 'entirely ban the machines that are purported to be illegal."

"…Sullivan, a former bar owner who is familiar with the machines, said it is hard for a community to ban the machines if the extra meters that allow illegal payouts are inside the machine and impossible to determine without taking them apart.

"Murphy and Imelio have said the state needs to update an archaic state laws that bans rigged machines, but only those with mechanical wheels - not the newer digital ones that have flourished since the 1990s…"

2006-06-16