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Sponsor Statement for SB 110
Charitable Gaming and Gaming on Ferries

An Act relating to charitable gaming and to gaming on state ferries; and providing for an effective date.

Senate Bill 110 was introduced as a means of making charitable gaming more accountable. The bill will authorize the use of electronic video gaming machines capable of being linked to a central computer system. The use of these machines will greatly increase our ability to account for the millions of dollars spent annually on charitable gaming in Alaska.

One of the major concerns expressed over the use of pull-tabs is the lack of accountability and susceptibility to theft, fraud, and other criminal activity. Many charities appear to be receiving less than their fair share of the proceeds.

SB 110 also direct that proceeds from video games be distributed differently than those from pull-tabs. It gives 30% to the permittee or charity, 30% to the vendor, 15% to the state and 25% to the municipality where the machine is located. If the machine were located in an Unorganized Borough, outside a municipality, that share would go to the state.

If the Alaska Marine Highway System so chooses, SB 110 contains a provision allowing AMHS to be licensed to operate video gaming on the state ferries.

If is the sponsor's conviction that as Alaska's charities become familiar with video gaming and its accountability, they will gradually phase out the less accountable pull tabs in favor of this new technology.

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