North Dakota's gambling boom is attributable to the legalization of electronic pull tab machines, but a unique tax carve out created in the 1980s helped grease the skids.

Sandy McGregor knew someone would likely break into her bar in Colfax, N.D. But she didn't think there was anything she could do to stop them. Ten small-town bar burglaries have been reported since ...

Surrounded by the flash and glitz of electronic bingo and video slot machines, old-fashioned paper pull tabs look like your grandfather's form of gambling. Sales numbers show it. Charitable groups ...

Veterans groups spoke in favor of adding e-tabs to charitable gaming, either as a standalone machine, pictured above, or as tablets. Photo provided Hoosier leaders for the American Legion, Veterans of ...

It's a satisfying, nostalgic feeling while hanging out at a bar in Wisconsin: Uncrumpling a dollar bill, feeding it into a pull tab machine then tearing back the strips, one by one, to reveal a ...

The state’s case against one of two Arizona men charged last November with alleged scams involving instant pull tab machines ...

The Calvert County Board of Commissioners voted this week to extend discussions on a subject near and dear to many of Calvert's nonprofit groups and volunteer fire departments: pull-tab machines. The ...

A 2022 Virginia gambling regulation study emphasized multiple concerns about “gray machines” but estimated — if properly regulated — they could generate substantial annual tax revenue. Issued in ...

ST. PAUL — An Austin lawmaker is pushing a bill aimed at bringing pull-tabs into the 21st Century. Rep. Robin Brown, DFL-Austin, is sponsoring a bill that would allow for electronic pull-tab machines.

Hoosier leaders for the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars and other veteran organizations are advocating for the legalization of electronic pull-tabs to generate more charity gambling revenue ...