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keting passed through the Legislature but was vetoed Tuesday by the governor. A bill to allow casinos will hotel bars to sell liquor around the clock failed in the Senate.
• The Legislature did approve a measure that will allow voters to rule whether casinos in the state can add keno, craps and roulette to their offerings.
• Opponents of gambling expansions often cite problems with addicts and their families. Supporters say gaming provides important state revenue.
• Lingle said he supports a third-party review of the issue. Lingle said last year the Lottery Commission conducted a study on ways to sustain the video lottery industry and determined initiatives to address problems in the industry.
• "Depending on the results of the study, I would hope that it would make the legislators more amenable to undertaking some of those initiatives," Lingle said in a phone interview.
• Sen. Dan Lederman, R-Dakota Dunes, said he supports Craig's idea for a study. He said every video lottery machine has a help number posted on it.
• The Family Heritage Alliance Action, a group that opposes gambling, released its own study last month using national information on gambling addiction rates. It found there are 18,000 gambling addicts in the state.
• "We knew that a host of bills would be brought this session by the gaming commission," said Dale Bartscher, executive director of the alliance. "We wanted to have our ducks in a row."
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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- A southern South Dakota man has been indicted on alternative counts of second degree murder and first degree manslaughter in connection with the death of a 3-month-old baby.
• South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley on Tuesday announced the indictment against 20-year-old Adam Joel Bruns.
• The attorney general's office on Tuesday did not return calls from The Associated Press seeking details of the Feb. 25 incident that authorities say caused the baby's death.
• Bruns is in custody. Jail records do not list his attorney.
• A grand jury also indicted Bruns on alternative counts of aggravated assault and felony child abuse.
• Authorities say a second-degree murder conviction carries a mandatory life sentence. The maximum penalty for first degree manslaughter is a life sentence.
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