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News Release
South Carolina Department of Revenue
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 21, 1999
Video gaming operators pay $50 per machine to fund election
To pay for the November special referendum on video gaming, an additional
$50 surcharge must be paid on all video gaming machines licensed through September 1,
1999. The South Carolina Department of Revenue will collect the fee when operators apply
for their machine licenses. Operators who purchased licenses prior to the new law being
signed will receive a bill in the mail from the Department of Revenue for all their
current licenses.
The fee applies to both seasonal (six months) and regular (two years)
licenses which are current now or purchased before September 1. This includes two-year
licenses which expire May 31, 2000, or May 31, 2001, and six-month licenses which expire
September 30, 1999.
All revenue collected from the surcharge will be used to help defray the
costs of the special referendum in which voters will have the opportunity to decide if
video gaming should continue to be legal in this state or if it should be banned.
The Department of Revenue =s website at www.sctax.org is updated regularly with
information regarding changes in video gaming. Machine owners may check the Internet home
page or call the Department of Revenue=s Regulatory Division at (803) 898-5390 if they have questions
about the fee.
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