In 2022, according the Minnesota Gambling Control Board, electronic pull tabs took in nearly 46 percent of all charitable gambling revenue in the state, right behind their paper cousins. Initially just virtual replicas of paper pull tabs, they were slow to take off.īut as more slot machine type features were added, their popularity grew and the revenue with it. 'This bill could virtually destroy not only our current games, but any future that charities have in electronic gambling,' said Rachel Jenner, Allied Charities of Minnesota Executive Director.Įlectronic pull-tabs were introduced in 2012, partly as a funding source for US Bank Stadium. And they worry their popularity would plummet.
But e-tab proponents say other language would require a much more significant overhaul of the games, which could take more than a year to complete.
