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Aug 29, 2023
Council votes to limit video lottery in Sioux Falls
There's now a cap of 186 video lottery licenses in the city. Read more posts by
There's now a cap of 186 video lottery licenses in the city.
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Simplified: City Councilors voted unanimously on Tuesday to limit the number of places that have video lottery machines, and a separate measure to change a 2019 ordinance that made it easier for casinos to get more video lottery machines under one roof.
The first change to pass Tuesday night puts a cap of 186 authorizations for video lottery machine placements – i.e. 186 licenses.
Councilor Neitzert said his hope is this will prevent more casinos from adding more and more machines under the same roof.
The second change was a move to correct some "unintended consequences" – as Councilor Alex Jensen put it – to a 2019 ordinance that allowed multiple casinos to share an employee and refrigerator space.
These changes won't affect licenses that have already been approved or businesses who already had more than three connected establishments sharing space/employees before Tuesday night's ordinance passed.
The two ordinance changes will take effect Dec. 4.
It'll be up to the City Council to dole out the remaining video lottery licenses at their discretion.
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Simplified: large increase in video lottery machines cap of 186 video lottery licenses in the city no more than three connected 10-machine businesses not without some councilors expressing concern cap of 186 authorizations for video lottery machine placements once they're gone, they're gone his hope is this will prevent more casinos from adding more and more machines The second change no more than three won't affect licenses that have already been approved "likely unintended consequences in the legislation we have passed tonight." It'll be up to the City Council Great!