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  • Jun012010

    GIA looks at tough biz New liquor rules drafts provided some consternation for Gaming Industry Association directors when they conducted their annual convention business meeting at the Billings Holiday Inn Grand May 19....

  • Jun012010

    Clarke is 'Retailer of the Year' Dave Clarke, owner of the First & Last Chance Bar in Eureka, is Montana's 2010 recipient of the Brown-Forman ABL Retailer of the Year award....

  • Jun012010

    GAC examines rules, legislation "You want the good news first or the bad news?" That rhetorical question could have framed the Gaming Advisory Council (GAC) meeting discussion that occurred at the Holiday Inn Grand in Billings May...

  • May012010

    Gaming down 20.5 percent Anecdotal reports from various locations across the state appeared to indicate gaming activity in the Third Quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 (Jan. 1-March 31, 2010) was staging some comeback from the...

  • May012010

    Celebrate National Tavern Month For the 57th consecutive year, tavern and bar owners around the country are hoisting a glass this May to celebrate their rightful place in American society and culture...

  • May012010

    'Player Tracking' closely regulated In-house player promotion or tracking systems are a way for Montana operators to attract and maintain gambling machine players and, as a result, they appear to have gained wide usage.  ...

  • May012010

    Health care to impact business After a prolonged and often bitter debate in Congress, the health care bill passed and the president signed it into law. Whether you, the Montana small business operator, were for or against it, wheth...

  • Jul012009

    Koon announces MTA retirement "It's the best job I ever had."     So said Montana Tavern Association Executive Director Diana Koon in a June 9 interview with the Montana Tavern Times, shortly after her Sept. 30 ret...

  • Jul012009

    Lottery, NCAA at odds on fantasy sports     Montana Sports Action, the Montana Lottery-operated pro football and NASCAR auto racing fantasy games, developed to benefit Montana horse racing, has run into an inquiry from the Na...

  • Jun012009

    Staples reviews legislative session     Montana Tavern Association Government Affairs Counsel Mark Staples told the group's Legislative and Gambling Committee the 2009 session of the Montana Legislature "went pretty well"...

  • Jun012009

    Gaming taxes bounce back Short-run volatility characterizes recent Montana video gaming machine (VGM) tax collection figures statewide, but is even more pronounced at the local level....

  • Jun012009

    Gaming council setting agenda No effective organization can go about accomplishing its mission without developing a comprehensive agenda first. And that's primarily what the Gaming Advisory Council (GAC) set out to do —and accompl...

  • May012009

    Powder Horn on a roll     We stopped at the Muzzle Loader Cafe and Powder Horn Casino about 12:30 p.m. on a Monday. There was a group of four guys playing the Golden Tee Golf machine while they enjoye...

  • Apr012009

    GVG unveils new platform     The heavy advance advertising and mailed invitations directed the serious and curious to be at the Hilton Garden Inn in Missoula Thursday, April 16, as well as at five other loca...

  • Apr012009

    Finding growth in tough times     Gaming tax revenues state-wide were down by 5 percent in the second quarter of Fiscal year 2009 (Oct.-Dec. 2008) .     There are no hard numbers available.  &...

  • Mar042009

    Spirits sales slowing     2008 spirits sales up, slowing as recession sets in Jobs are being lost, sales are down, building is slowing, Americans have increased their rate of saving and reduced spending......

  • Mar042009

    Fantasy NASCAR game launched The beginning of the NASCAR season marked the beginning of a new season for Montana Sports Action, the pari-mutuel fantasy game using real dollars, and coming on the heels of the 2008 professional foo...

  • Mar032009

    MTA examines legislation     MTA committee considers dozens of legislative bills     "It's like trying to take a drink of water from a fire hose."     So said Montana Taver...

  • Mar032009

    GIA board met Jan. 28  GIA board focused on gaming 'housekeeping' bill    GIA saw an excellent turnout of over 30 members and obser...

  • Mar032009

    Legislature Bars Okay So Far     Legislature nears transmittal; bars okay so far   At Montana Tavern Times news deadline (Feb. 20) there were as yet no bombshell bills introduced at the Legislature that w...

  • Mar022009

    2nd quarter taxes fall 5 percent   Last quarter VGM revenue dropped 5 percent    Final figures from the Gambling Control Division indicate the second quarter of Fiscal year (FY) 2009 (Oct.-Dec. 2008) was worse than o...

  • Jan312009

    Legislative update Jerry Black Legislature: Black to drop smoking exemption bill As the 2009 session of the Montana Legislature wheels into gear, most owners of businesses licensed for the sale of adu...

    

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Montana's carefully regulated, small-scale, limited-stakes gambling is meant to provide a reliable revenue stream to state and local governments, provide additional income to struggling taverns, and to allow another entertainment option for our state's residents and our visitors. It has successfully done all three.

What is the Montana Gaming Group?

The Montana Gaming Group is a non-profit 501(c)(4) corporation which has as its mission conducting research and disseminating helpful information to the Montana gaming businesses, their employees, the public and government officials.

The information contained in the pages available at this site is gathered from numerous sources, most of which do not enjoy wide circulation in the public sector, and so may bring a unique perspective to the reader.

The Gaming Group is funded by contributions from business organizations representing almost 2,500 small enterprises that have a stake in ensuring a fair and reasonable operating environment for businesses licensed to offer adult beverages and limited gaming to the public.

Grant Lincoln of Missoula is the group's chairman, and Ronda Carpenter of Great Falls is the treasurer.