Bill proposed to legalize blackjack in Montana
HELENA — A bill introduced at the Legislature calls for legalizing the game of blackjack, or twenty-one, in Montana, and dividing the tax proceeds among pension, educational, social services and tribal scholarship programs.
Rep. Wylie Galt, R-Martinsdale, is sponsoring House Bill 578, which would allow up to three live blackjack games in a bar or casino and allow electronic video blackjack games in those establishments. Rep. Steve Lavin, R-Kalispell, and House Speaker Austin Knudsen, R-Culbertson, are cosponsors.
The House Taxation Committee will hear the bill on Wednesday.
“We brought it to help the budget crisis,” Galt said in an interview. “We figured an optional tax is better than a forced tax for everyone.”
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