South Dakota lawmakers defeated a measure that would have asked voters to allow sports betting in the state and use tax revenue from it to fund property tax relief.
Representative Greg Jamison is a Sioux Falls Republican and sponsored the bill in the House says the measure would keep revenue in the state instead of losing it to neighboring states or illegal sites…
Michael Pauley, executive director at the South Dakota Catholic Conference noted the negative side effects to gambling include addiction, depression and co-occuring alcohol and drug abuse…
The House State Affairs committee defeated the bill. An attempt to bring it to the full House for a vote also failed.
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