Idaho narrowly vote against ‘anti-tribal gaming bill’

The House State Affairs Committee voted to kill the ‘anti-tribal gaming bill’, carried by Rep. Tom Loertscher. The bill was intended to amend the law permitting tribal casinos enacted by Idaho voters in 2002, limiting the types of gambling machines the tribes could offer. A total of eight representatives (Monks, Crane, Palmer, Holtzclaw, Armstrong, Manwaring, Smith, and Jordan) voted in favour of killing the bill, outnumbering the seven repre...