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- -- --------------------------~------- NE has over a third of city's pulltab booths e GAMBLlNG Minneapolis rules will allow bar -from page 4 employees to payout machine vice, Inc, (ESNS), said ESNS dispensed prizes. isn't interested in machines now. Marcotte, at Gambler's Choice, Most good Northeast pulltab 10- said the machines will help cations are already taken, he move gambling to lower~ncome said. people. It's easy tor Northeast "I'm sure some people" will try residents to walk to bars to gam- the machines," Hertog said, but ble. Locations that couldn't at- ESNS will wait and see tor now. ford to hire an employee for a "We want to see what other pro- booth might support a machine. pie do." Last year. the maximum pulltab Third Ward Council Member prize payout increased trom Joe Biernat said the machines $250 to $500, One big win can will help charities compete with "set the hook" and trigger ad- the state lottery and casinos. "I dictive gambling, Marcotte said. think this offers support tor non- Marcotte said his organization protits to add a site to increase isn't anti-gambling. The chari- their overall revenue," he said, table gambling industry does but he doesn't expect a lot ot good things with its money, he machines in Northeast. said. But casinos. lotteries and Biernat said the Minneapolis charitable gambling groups ordinance brings the city into should take "some responsibil- compliance with the state law ity tor the down side, too," which allows machines. Wilson said "it's certainly a - Bruce Staples, who runs the possibility" that some people pulltab booth at Vegas Lounge could become addicted to gam- on Central Avenue NE. said he bling using machines. A certain thinks customers will still want percentage at gamblers will to buy their pulltabs from pea- have problems. he said. but pie. "People like to taJk. It they're ' those people probably would losing. they like to have some- find another gambling form if one to bitch to," he said, or to pulltabs weren't available. share their happiness when Wilson said he expects few they're winning. people to lose jobs tc pulltab Charitable gambling organ i- machines_ State laws set limits zations can have up to three on how much money charitable pulltab booths In Minneapolis organizations can spend an ex- now, and only one can operate penses. A few organizations ! at any bar. The new ordinance might buy a machine to avoid - will allow seven sites for each hiring an employee because charity, wrrh a maximum of three they could lose their license if - booths. A charity with three they exceed their expense limit. pulltab booths could add four Gary Danger. SC<JkesDerson for . machines. A charity with one the State Gambling Control booth could add up to six ma- Board, said lawmakers passed chines, A bar won't be allowed the law allowing machines in . to have both a booth and a ma- 1984 and the Gambling Control chine. Board recently wrote the rules The State Gambling Control that put the law Into effect. Board has approved three types According to figures from the . of machines so far. According Gambling Control Board, total to Bob Cook, owner of Bass amounts wagered on Minnesota Gambling Supplies in Spring charitable gambling flattened -. lake Park, the first of the ap- out in 1989 at about 51.2 billion proved machines will accept due to competition from casinos one, five. ten and twenty dollar and the lottery, last year, the bills, The machines dispense total increased about four per- I pUlltabs randomly and keep cent following the top prize in, track of player's credits. The crease from 5250 to $500, - ---------