1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to gambling; modifying certain provisions
1.3 	relating to card clubs; amending Minnesota Statutes
1.4 	2004, section 240.30, subdivision 8.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 240.30,
1.7 	subdivision 8, is amended to read:
1.8 		Subd. 8.Limitations. (a) The commission may not approve
1.9 	any plan of operation under subdivision 6 that exceeds any of
1.10 	the following limitations:
1.11 	(1) the maximum number of tables used for card playing at
1.12 	the card club at any one time, other than tables used for
1.13 	instruction, demonstrations, or tournament play, may not exceed
1.14 	50 90.  The table limit exception for tournament play is allowed
1.15 	for only one tournament two tournaments per year that lasts for
1.16 	no longer total no more than 14 21 days each;
1.17 	(2) except as provided in clause (3), no wager may exceed
1.18 	$60;
1.19 	(3) for games in which each player is allowed to make only
1.20 	one wager or has a limited opportunity to change that wager, no
1.21 	wager may exceed $300.
1.22 	(b) The commission may not approve any plan of operation
1.23 	under subdivision 6 that does not provide for reasonable
1.24 	accommodations for players with disabilities.  Accommodations to
1.25 	the table and the cards shall include, among other things, the
2.1 	announcement of the cards visible to the entire table and the
2.2 	use of Braille cards for players who are blind.