Rhode Island to consider Virtual Blackjack

Nothing really ever happens in Rhode Island, does it? Well, apparently so. With the threat of casino gambling looming in Massachusetts, there is a move to bring 'virtual blackjack' to Twin River in Rhode Island, possibly as early as next month.

Word is that the local lottery director has asked International Game Technology (IGT), whether they are interested in supplying an initial 18 machines that simulate a live blackjack game by allowing five or six players to sit at a table, signaling their moves — hit me again, double-down, split — electronically to a "dealer" on a video screen.

In interviews yesterday, State Rep. William San Bento, the chairman of the legislature's Lottery oversight committee, said he believes, and has been assured by legal advisers, that voter approval is not required because the machines do not, in his view, constitute the introduction of a new form of gambling in Rhode Island.

Always a loophole, ain't there???

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