Lawmakers introduce bills to bring lottery and casinos to Hawaii
| By Daniel O'Boyle
Hawaii, one of just two states that does not permit any form of legal gambling, may soon allow its first games of chance.
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Legislators in the state’s House of Representatives and Senate have introduced six different bills, all of which have passed first reading and have been assigned to committees.
A seventh bill has been filed to commission a study into the impact of legal gambling in Hawaii.
Each sets out proposals for different forms of legal gambling. Senate Bill 561, introduced by Gilbert Keith-Agaran, House Bill 363 , a companion bill filed by Representative Scott Saiki would create the Hawaii Lottery and Gaming Corporation.