Dayton: Talks Over Minnesota Lottery Curbs Yield Little
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Proposed restrictions on the Minnesota Lottery are steaming ahead and Gov. Mark Dayton is expressing new doubt over his ability to stop them.
Dayton vetoed a bill last year that would have shut down the lottery's ticket sales on the Internet and at gas station pumps. That bill passed with wide margins.
The governor met with bill backers this week to try to find a middle ground but he said Wednesday those talks have yielded little. Dayton says he's not sure how he'll proceed if a bill reaches him because it's not worth "fracturing relationships with the Legislature" over that issue. Dayton has never had a veto overridden.
Lawmakers say the lottery went too far without explicit legislative permission and is making gambling too convenient.
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