Lodge Wants Slot Machine Type Games

New Hampshire residents could be taking a big step towards legalizing slot machines if a local track gets their way. The Lodge at Belmont’s owners would like to bring in slot machine type games to shore up revenues and bring in more business. However, those opposed to the idea say that they are simply looking to bring in slot machines and they won’t stand for it.

The track says that the games are not slot machines, and that they are simply looking at terminals that support horse racing. The Instant Racing terminals would allow patrons to bet on the outcome of races that have already taken place. They say that if they were games of chance then you could call them slot machines, but that as the player can determine the outcome of the game then they aren’t.

However, the games look an awful lot like slot machines which has those opposed to them calling foul. They say that the proposal is simply another way of bringing in slot machines to a state that doesn’t want them. They are fully aware that the proposal comes at the same time that the state has been looking at additional sources of revenue and talk of slot machine legalization has been floating around. They are strictly opposed to them on a state level, and on a local level.

The biggest difference between the slot machines and the terminals is that with slot machines you are playing the machine, and with the terminals your money is being pooled like pari-mutuel betting, which is legal in the state.
 

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