Minnesota Poker Tables, Rest Stops Idled in Government Shutdown
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Just before midnight June 30, the call went out in the card room at Running Aces Harness Park in Columbus, Minnesota: “Last deal of the night, so make it count.”
It was the final hand for now at the 24-hour gambling spot because state regulators are out of work thanks to a government shutdown. Democratic Governor Mark Dayton and Republican legislative leaders failed to resolve a budget dispute in the Midwestern state of 5.3 million.