Wally Horn Wants To Bring Back Those Touchplay Slottery Machines

From the Des Moines Register:

TouchPlay machines banned by the Legislature last year would make a limited comeback under a bill introduced in the Iowa Senate.

Sen. Wally Horn, a Cedar Rapids Democrat, proposes that the machines be allowed in taverns or other adult establishments in counties that do not have state-licensed casinos.

"There are still people out there that want it," Horn said. Permitting the Iowa Lottery's TouchPlay machines in counties that don't have casinos would "help level the playing field."

Taverns, he said, have been subjected to more and more state regulations. "They're trying to survive, and a lot of them were doing pretty good with the TouchPlay."

Horn may have better luck winning the lottery, however, than getting his bill through the Legislature.

Senate File 148 "is dead. It's not coming through my committee," said Sen. Michael Connolly, a Dubuque Democrat who heads the Senate State Government Committee.