Illegal Slot Machines Not the Issue

There has been a push to get rid of the illegal slot machines that were located in Indiana. They have a task force assigned to the issue and they say that there could be literally thousands upon thousands of slot machines operating illegally in the state.

However, no one can seem to find them. With the Republicans in the Legislature pushing to get slot machines legalized at two central Indiana horse racing tracks, many wondered just how much gambling Indiana could handle. It seems that the legislature thinks more than they have already.

By bringing in the slot machines to the tracks they say that they are simply regulating and taking care of the industry – while searching and removing the illegal slot machines which are the real blight on the state. However, again, those slot machines are not available yet.

With Indiana already having such large numbers in gambling between the lottery and instant cards – many argue that the slot machines would simply just be too much for the state’s residents to handle. But this does not seem to deter the government at all.

So now the tracks are looking to bring in 4,000 slot machines between the two of them, and yet those thousands of illegal slot machines have not been found. As a matter of fact, according to the state’s new gaming control division, they have only found about 760 illegal slot machines. They maintain that roughly 2,000 of them were shipped out of state.

 

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