Trumpet Starts Gambling Hearing

House State Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Loertscher, R-Iona, played a trumpet flourish like that heard at the start of a horse race to open today’s hearing on SB 1011, the bill to eliminate “instant racing” in Idaho. “We welcome all those who have come near and far to participate in the hearing today,” Loertscher said. The hearing is in the Lincoln Auditorium; you can watch live here /Betsy Russell, Eye on Boise.

Also from “instant racing” hearing:

• Tribe: ‘This process was not done right’
• Rep. Crane suggests ‘instant racing’ compromise
• Greyhound Park: ‘We were just doing what we were told we could do’
• Racing commissioner tells legislators that he didn’t know they had concerns
• Spinning reels, instant win/loss is ‘default setting’ for instand racing machines
• Instant racing manufacturers says tracks that can’t get slots want instant racing