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MT HB374
Bill
Status
5/20/2025
Primary Sponsor
Alanah Griffith
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AI Summary
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Creates a new "expanded casino night" category that nonprofit organizations may conduct once per year, in addition to regular casino nights
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Expanded casino nights permit games normally prohibited in Montana, including blackjack, twenty-one, jacks or better, baccarat, chemin de fer, roulette, craps, hazard, chuck-a-luck, and box faro
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Authorizes use of gambling equipment typically classified as illegal devices (roulette wheels, craps tables, faro boxes) during expanded casino nights
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Regular casino nights remain limited to live card games authorized under existing law, live bingo and keno, and raffles
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Amends MCA sections 23-5-112 (definitions) and 23-5-702 (casino night authorization) to accommodate the expanded casino night provisions
Legislative Description
Revise gambling laws
Gambling
Last Action
(H) Died in Process
5/20/2025