The North Dakota Senate voted 27-20 Thursday to pass a bill changing which organizations can conduct charitable gambling.
Senators debated changes made by the Senate Judiciary Committee in Senate Bill 2035, which pulled the words tourism and economic development from the definition of public-spirited organizations, one category of groups allowed to conduct gambling. It also eliminates adult amateur sports organizations from conducting charitable gambling.
Sen. Janne Myrdal, R-Edinburg, told lawmakers the bill is a response to the expansion of the industry.
