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Last updated on Tuesday, July 21, 2015
(UNDATED) - Governor Pence is ordering the Indiana Gaming Commission not to stand in the way of senior citizens’ euchre tournaments.
Gaming Commission executive director Sara Tait says the commission has no interest in shutting down euchre games with small prizes, any more than it would go after an NCAA basketball pool.
She says the commission sent an "educational" form letter to the Delaware County Senior Citizens Center, advising them that its entry fee of a couple of bucks and small prizes like a can of peaches were enough to require a charity gaming license. Tait says the agency never intended to do anything else, but the letter was enough to prompt the center to discontinue the game.
And Pence has directed the agency to review its procedures to ensure that it follows a common-sense standard, and specifically to leave the Muncie euchre game alone.
Tait says the commission sent the letter after receiving an unrelated complaint about the handling of funds by the treasurer of another euchre club which plays at the center. Tait says the agency won't be investigating that complaint either, because the club doesn't fall under its jurisdiction.
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