Tribes Object To ‘Illegal’ Gambling

The chairmen of four Idaho Indian tribes are calling on the state’s governor and Attorney General to end the spread of so-called “instant racing” betting machines – like those at the Greyhound Park in Post Falls and Les Bois Park near Boise – saying they violating Idaho’s gambling laws. The machines purport to be a new form of “pari-mutuel” betting on horse races, which is legal in Idaho; that’s betting where a pool of bettors splits the winnings. But the machines don’t display current horse races; they show a snippet of the end of an unidentified past horse race. The tribal chairmen called the spread of the new machines an “illegal hoax”/Betsy Russell, SR. More here.

• News release from Idaho tribes here.