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With confusion gambling laws in many states, North Dakota may have the most confusing of all the gambling tax laws across the country. They may be changing.

The goal of changing the laws is to make it easier on charitable organizations when it comes time to pay gambling taxes. Gaming Dinision Director Keith Lauer thinks he has the solution and it comes in the form of one tax rate.

“North Dakota certainly needs an overhaul of their taxing system when it comes to their gambling revenue,” said CGW Business analyst Grant Davis, “These organizzations have no idea whether they are paying the right amount of taxes because of all the hoops they have to jump through just to arrive at a figure.”

The current system calls for charitable organizations in North Dakota to pay both excise taxes and a graduated tax on pull tab gambling tickets. Bingo tickets are also taxed in the same fashion.

North Dakota lawmakers could figure out what the percentages are that are being paid currently, and then come up with one base tax rate.

I think the idea is interesting. I would like to see the affect, if any, this has on the numbers