1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to gambling; card clubs; eliminating the 
  1.3             maximum table requirement; amending Minnesota Statutes 
  1.4             2002, section 240.30, subdivision 8. 
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 240.30, 
  1.7   subdivision 8, is amended to read: 
  1.8      Subd. 8.  [LIMITATIONS.] The commission may not approve any 
  1.9   plan of operation under subdivision 6 that exceeds any of the 
  1.10  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.  The table limit exception for tournament play is allowed~~ 
  1.15  ~~for only one tournament per year that lasts for no longer than~~ 
  1.16  ~~14 days;~~ 
  1.17     ~~(2)~~ except as provided in clause ~~(3)~~ (2), no wager may 
  1.18  exceed $60; 
  1.19     ~~(3)~~ (2) for games in which each player is allowed to make 
  1.20  only one wager or has a limited opportunity to change that 
  1.21  wager, no wager may exceed $300.