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New Hampshire Governor Lynch Plans To Address Budget Problem Through Internet Gambling

Posted on April 6th, 2010

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The governor of New Hampshire, John Lynch, recently called members of the state Lottery Commission to a meeting to talk to them about the idea of introducing gambling through online gambling sites as his answer to the state’s budget crisis, since he has promised not to raise taxes.

There is no particular law that exists in New Hampshire that prevents betting through the Internet. Colin Manning, the governor’s spokesman, said, “The governor is working on developing a comprehensive strategy to address the revenue shortfall. There are a number of options the governor is looking at.”

A bill recently introduced in the Senate that would legalize 17,000 video slot machines and table games at six locations in the state was opposed by Lynch, a Democrat, because, according to him, the legislation did not stop the proliferation of gambling. Even if the bill is expected to create thousands of jobs and bring in millions of dollars in revenue, Lynch had vowed to do what it takes to have the bill not become law. Not a few legislators are bewildered by the governor’s moves.

Sen. Lou D’Allesandro, one of the bill’s sponsors, remarked, “I haven’t seen his proposal, but if the governor is afraid of proliferation, what easier way to proliferate it than online gambling? Anything you get something online, you run the risk of who’s playing, what it involves, the extent of play. We’ve had so many problems with things online.”

Former state Senator Bob Clegg echoed the sentiments of D’Allesandro and many others when he commented, “The governor is worried about proliferation of gaming but it sounds like he’s going to make every computer terminal in every home and every BlackBerry – including those BlackBerrys held by kids in high school – a gambling facility.” The general argument is that poker playing and gambling via the Internet is likely to produce and encourage unrestrained addictions.

Online gambling also does not create many jobs, unlike a land-based casino which provides the much-needed employment from the start of its construction up to its operation. A proposed casino in Hudson is projected to generate 3,800 jobs and yield tax revenue of $10 million. Strong opposition to John Lynch’s idea is already in the offing and the governor is expecting it.