Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana SB179: Allow antique gambling to be used for living history events and casino nights for fundraising purposes
Status: Failed, May 23, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act revising laws relating to live gambling to allow wild west casino nights for historical education; allowing certain nonprofit individual living history volunteers and historical organizations to conduct live gambling under certain circumstances; granting exemptions for fees; revising laws relating to antique gambling devices; extending rulemaking authority; providing a definition; amending sections 23-5-112, 23-5-153, 23-5161, 23-5-162, 23-5-311, 23-5-313, 23-5-406, 23-5-407, 23-5-408, 23-5-409, 23-5-410, 23-5-414, 23-5-424, 235-425, and 23-5-426, mca…
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT REVISING LAWS RELATING TO LIVE GAMBLING TO ALLOW WILD WEST CASINO NIGHTS FOR HISTORICAL EDUCATION; ALLOWING CERTAIN NONPROFIT INDIVIDUAL LIVING HISTORY VOLUNTEERS AND HISTORICAL ORGANIZATIONS TO CONDUCT LIVE GAMBLING UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; GRANTING EXEMPTIONS FOR FEES; REVISING LAWS RELATING TO ANTIQUE GAMBLING DEVICES; EXTENDING RULEMAKING AUTHORITY; PROVIDING A DEFINITION; AMENDING SECTIONS 23-5-112, 23-5-153, 23-5161, 23-5-162, 23-5-311, 23-5-313, 23-5-406, 23-5-407, 23-5-408, 23-5-409, 23-5-410, 23-5-414, 23-5-424, 235-425, AND 23-5-426, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: NEW SECTION. Section 1. Wild west casino nights -- purpose -- definition. (1) [Sections through 5] may be referred to as the "Wild West Casino Nights Act". (2) The purpose of [sections 1 through 5] is to allow for historical education and fundraising for living history nonprofit organizations. (3) Unless the context requires otherwise, for the purposes of this part, the term "wild west casino night" means a fundraising event during which wagers may be made in antique gambling activities authorized under 23-5-311 through the use of imitation money that may be purchased by participants. NEW SECTION. Section 2. Wild west casino nights authorized. (1) A living history nonprofit organization may conduct or participate in a wild west casino night. Entities covered under this section may consist of the (b) …