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• The other proposed new game, Dead Man's Hand, was requested by Silverado/Franklin Gaming controller Tim Burke.
• Another new rule would keep people from communicating by cellphone mid-game -- a move that Eliason said was drafted after commission staff met with a security consultant on protecting table games.
• Additional proposed rules govern slot tournaments.
• Rules allowing new games would apply to the Deadwood and tribal casinos. Eliason said the tribes have their own commissions to govern exclusion lists and local tournaments.
• He said only a handful of comments on the proposed changes have been submitted in writing. The public hearing starts at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Pierre.
• Any approved rules would go to the Legislature's Rules Review committee, then be filed with the Secretary of State's office as early as July.
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• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Limited federal firefighting budgets have affected the U.S. Forest Service's ability to finish some projects in South Dakota.
• A federal report released Monday shows the Forest Service has been unable to complete at least seven projects in the state over the last two fiscal years.
• The report explains how funding for local wildfire preparedness, forest restoration and other activities in almost every state has been used to fight fires when wildfire suppression budgets didn't fully cover firefighting costs during the fiscal years 2012 and 2013.
• Among the postponed plans in South Dakota is a $5,000 project to clear downfall and conduct related trail maintenance in areas affected by the bark beetle. A $160,000 project to reduce hazard trees, decommission roads and conduct travel management was also deferred.
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• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Aquatic facilities in Sioux Falls have seen a record number of visitors.
• City officials say the facilities saw a combined 30,691 visits in May, breaking the previous record set in 1988 of 23,999 visits.
• Jean Pearson is the city's recreation program coordinator. Pearson says family swim pass sales have been a "huge success."
• City council last month approved $19.4 million to build another aquatic facility.

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