Electronic pull tabs have been a huge success story in Minnesota, but now proposed changes to scale back their features have charitable gambling groups saying they were blindsided.
There isn't a bill up for consideration this session that would roll electronic pull tabs in Minnesota back to simpler versions versus borderline slot machines but Monday groups who benefit from e-pull tabs revenue lobbied at the capitol against changes.
Thanks to the unexpected success of electronic pull tabs, the legislature will have the opportunity to retire the Vikings' stadium debt 20 years early.