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00:02 - All right, finally, Sam, let's cap it off here.
00:07 Illinois talking about this whole Dave & Buster's
00:10 betting stuff for people who are not familiar.
00:12 There's a chance in the future, and even now, soon,
00:15 you'll be able to go bet on your favorite
00:16 Papa Shot players at Dave & Buster's.
00:19 What's going on here?
00:20 What's the latest in Illinois?
00:22 - Yeah, when Dave & Buster's announced
00:23 that they were partnering with a company
00:25 to offer betting on their games,
00:28 whether it's Whack-A-Mole, Papa Shot, at their facility,
00:31 it caught a lot of pushback from regulators
00:34 and the public in general.
00:35 Sort of, how is that gonna work?
00:36 How are we gonna regulate this?
00:37 So in Illinois, the fight is still going strong,
00:40 even though tomorrow's the last day to pass any laws.
00:43 One lawmaker is pushing a bill
00:45 that would ban entertainment companies like Dave & Buster's
00:48 from offering this sort of product or this sort of mechanism.
00:52 So he's really optimistic it gets done.
00:54 It just got added to a new racing bill.
00:56 There's a chance it happens,
00:58 and Dave & Buster's is barred there.
00:59 We'll see if other states then copy it
01:01 and take that as kind of the prerogative there.
01:04 So an interesting, weird story, as always, in this world.
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01:10 (bells chiming)