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Senate bill on video‑lottery terminals and charitable gaming draws wide policy debate over revenue allocation and problem‑gaming funding
Summary
SB 83 would authorize new video lottery/video terminal play and change revenue splits among facilities, charities and state funds; testimony covered revenue shares, problem‑gaming funds, a proposed fund to reimburse municipalities for certain property tax credits, and constitutional questions about lottery revenues.
Senate Bill 83 drew extended testimony and technical questioning on revenue splits, charitable distributions and use of gaming revenue after a full public hearing before the Senate Ways and Means Committee.
Sponsor Sen. Tim Lang summarized bill differences with earlier House proposals and the budget. The bill would authorize a share of gross gaming revenue from video‑lottery‑type terminals (VLTs) and allocate portions to charitable gaming operators, the Education Trust Fund, a proposed “elderly, disabled, deaf/blind exemption reimbursement fund” and the general fund. Lang described the proposed allocation as one way to direct new gaming revenue toward education and property‑tax relief programs for qualified taxpayers.
Pat Abrami, former state representative and chair of a recently convened charitable gaming commission, presented the commission’s work and a comparative table of revenue splits in existing HHR (historic…
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