Council looks at gambling ban.
Quit a few other communities are looking at banning video machine gambling within their boundaries. The county has alrady banned video gambling in unincorportated areas. Tuesday it’s Downers Grove’s turn to hash it out.Active d on the agenda is a discussion for an ordinance prohibiting video gambling. there’s already prohibitions against in the village code (Section 3.33 and Section 15.13), but the state changed what words mean, and-presto!-video gaming is no longer counted as gambling.
According to HB0255, the state is offering a 5% piece of the action, which Naperville’s numbers runners (AKA the firm of Arduin, Laffer & Moore Econometrics) estimate would bag about $2,250 per machine. Village Manager Dave “Big D” Fieldman isn’t sayin’ nuthin’ to nobody, but word on the street has it he says 45 establishments in DG could have up to 5 machines each.
The gaming machines are allowed in any bar, restaurant, fraternal organization or veteran’s organization possessing a valid liquor license to serve alcohol for consumption on the premises;
- Authorized establishments cannot be located within 1000 feet of a school or place of worship;
- No more than five video gaming machines are allowed per authorized establishment;
- Video gaming terminals must be located in an area restricted to persons over 21 years of age and in the view of an employee; and
- Video gaming is only permitted during the hours when alcohol can be consumed.
Most communities are taking a pass on video gambling. It was part of a shell bill passed earlier this year that raises taxes on a basketful of consumer goods and raises driver related fees. Video gambling is another panacea thrown out by the state to generate revenues that supposedly would go to the general fund, not paying down pension debt.
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