House endorses Dave & Buster's restaurant bill

LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas House has advanced a bill to allow the entertainment restaurant Dave & Buster's to move to the state where it began.

Lawmakers voted 73-0 Friday to change the way the state regulates coin-operated games. Arkansas currently restricts the value of prizes in single-play games to $5 or less. In games where players can accumulate multiple winning tickets, the prize value is restricted to $12.50.

The restaurant chain has prizes valued at about $500.

Dave & Buster's founders met in the 1970s while operating separate businesses in Little Rock. Sponsor Sen. Jeremy Hutchinson says the restaurant would be located near a Bass Pro Shop in southwest Little Rock.

No one spoke against the bill, which now heads to the Senate.

Read Saturday's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for full details.

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