New Hampshire Lottery Executive Director Charles McIntyre said bars and restaurants that offer Keno have the option whether to install video screens. 'I know I am not going to budge,' Abrami said. why would we not leave it to the business?' Daniels said.Ībrami said the legislation first proposed in 2021 would never have passed the House without removing the video screen component. 'If a business felt that a gathering of people waiting for numbers was interfering with the business.
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Gary Daniels, R-Milford, said it should be up to the business owner to decide whether to install video screens. We don't want screens there with people gathering around them,' Abrami said during a meeting of House and Senate negotiators in defending the House version of the bill. 'You can sell Keno tickets, but no screens. The Senate-passed bill (HB 355) would let these businesses have video screens. But House Ways and Means Committee Vice Chairman Patrick Abrami, R-Stratham, said it would be a 'very bad look' to allow these grocery, convenience and drug stores to set up video screens where crowds of patrons could watch the games.
