North Carolina state legislator Earl Jones of Greensboro is sponsoring a bill that would legalize video gambling.
Representative Earl Jones did not reply to a request to discuss this bill nor did he respond to questions submitted by email. Here are the questions Jones' failed to answer:
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1. The bill allocates a total of 100% of the gross revenue to machine owners, licensees and the state. Doesn't this assume 0% paid out as winnings?
2. The bill contains no consumer protections. What are your thoughts about adding the following to the bill?
a. Requirements that machines display the odds of winning; that if the odds change as the machine is played, the odds be updated and displayed in real time.
b. Requiring games that use representations of real-world gaming implements, such as cards or dice, give players the same odds as one would have playing with a physical deck of cards or dice.
3. Why was the Department of Revenue chosen to enforce the licensing provisions of this bill instead of ALE?
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A law that would allocate one hundred percent of revenue to operators and taxes and zero percent to players should not pass. A bill that does not require any kind of transparency on odds should not pass. As it stands, Jones bill is an attempt to legalize a ripoff.
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