Legalized gambling in Indiana
The newest form of legalized gambling in Indiana is available Tuesday. There are several options including tip boards -Â raffles -Â drawings and pull tabs. Look for pull tabs to be the most popular.
Mike Warner stocked a new supply of pull tabs in his Beech Grove bar Monday morning. They sell for a dollar or less and carry prizes as big as $255. *Warner thinks pull tabs will help create a positive atmosphere for his customers.*
*As long as they can have a little fun and, hopefully, not get carried away…That’s cool with us. We want ‘em to have fun,* said Warner. The Hoosier Lottery already sells pull tabs but taverns lobbied state lawmakers for the right to sell them too, after a crackdown on illegal video poker machines.
Over 7,000 bars and restaurants are eligible to sell pull tabs statewide. So far only 500 plan to do so. With casinos and horse tracks already in existence, the gambling in bars may seem minor to some. But that’s not the case with the Indiana Coalition Against Legalized Gambling.
*It’s simply another expansion where they get gambling closer and closer to every community,* said gambling opponent Lorin Clemenz. (Some of the proceeds will go to state government but bar owners also get a share).
*By the time you take out expenses, the bar’s gonna make 15-20 percent of whatever they bring in. So it’s not nearly as much as they’re gonna make on food or beverage,* said Brad Klopfenstein of the Indiana License Beverage Association. That means that for bar owners such as Mike Warner it’s a gamble too.
*Actually we have no idea how it’s going to go over,* said Warner.
Bars and restaurants seeking to conduct the new forms of gambling must first have a liquor license. To take part you must be at least 21 years old.
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