Over concerns about gambling, a Utah Senate committee declines vote on bill to allow ‘skill-based games’
Lawmakers worried a favorable recommendation would be a ‘slippery slope’ that would open the door to gambling in the state.
(Wayne Parry | AP file photo) In this July 2, 2020, photo, a man plays a slot machine at the Golden Nugget casino in Atlantic City N.J. Utah lawmakers voted down a proposal that would allow skill-based games in the state on Tuesday over concerns that it would open the door to forms of gambling, like slot machines.
| March 2, 2021, 11:52 p.m.
Sen. Keith Grover, R-Provo, swears up and down that “skill-based games” aren’t a form of gambling a protestation that’s included even in the text of his bill seeking to allow such games in Utah.