Friday, May 19, 2006

Age of gambling has risen from 18 to 21 for casinos, card rooms, the state lottery and scratch tickets, horseracing and bingo games with cash prizes. Current efforts to raise the gambling age appear headed toward a task force to sort out the details regarding the age of the gambling. Companion legislation in both the House and Senate is getting bogged down in the artful muddle of questions about whether the age of the gambling should be increased or not. State governments pocketbook is affected too, with the dire estimates on the cost of lost lottery sales, expensive overhead for redoing tickets and advertising, and the hit on state budgets, including money to fight problem gambling. Read further...