SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) -The House State Affairs Committee today advanced a bill allowing craps, roulette and keno in Deadwood.
A neighbor to the south, Representative Mike Verchio of Hill City, urged others on the panel to vote against the measure.
Verchio says the vote that passed in November was not to allow the games but to let the legislature consider giving Deadwood the games. He calls the effort a "great sales job."
The measure was sent to the House with a do pass recommendation.
While the measure allows the games, an casino would have to replace an establshed game, like poker or slots, with one of the new ones, Legislators say that's not an actual increase in games.