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Port: What good is all this gambling doing North Dakota?

A federal tax exemption helped nonprofits and charities collect billions as e-tab gambling spread, while regulators and lawmakers raised concerns about addiction and oversight.

Summary by Inforum
MINOT — The Wall Street Journal recently published an interesting profile of North Dakota's gambling boom, written by reporter Neil Mehta. "Boom" is the right word for it. Per the report, North Dakotans are now spending north of $2 billion on gambling through electronic pull tab machines alone. That's not counting other, and admittedly less popular, gambling through traditional pull tabs, blackjack, etc. It's not all that revealing to the reader…

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Inforum broke the news in Fargo, United States on Tuesday, April 7, 2026.
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