Reliable, Trustworthy Reporting, Capturing The Heartbeat Of Our Community
Reliable, Trustworthy Reporting, Capturing The Heartbeat Of Our Community
Skill games have been set up in bars, grocery stores, restaurants, convenience stores and laundromats across Nebraska. A new law requires the operators of the game to pay a tax on the games' revenues and hook into a central server that will record how much the games take in and pay out.
Editor's note: This story is about gambling and problem gambling. Nebraskans seeking help with problem gambling can call 1-833-BETOVER - 833-238-6837 - 24 hours a day.
Mike Sciandra kept $300-$400 zippered inside a pouch in his leather backpack, ready for the moment he could take a break from his traveling sales job and walk into a Nebraska bar or convenience store.
There, in Auburn, Aurora, Columbus, North Platte or York, he'd bet the maximum $4 per spin on a so-called "skill game," a legal slot machine look-alike that until this summer faced little state scrutiny.
Sciandra's gambling on skil...
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