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<br />Harry L. Newby, Jr. <br />page 5 <br /> <br />OPINION <br /> <br />We answer your question in the negative, with <br /> <br />q~a:ifications. Minn. Stat. 9 349.213, subd. 1 (SUpp. 1987) <br /> <br />sta-:.es: <br /> <br />A statutory or home rule city or county has <br />the authority to adopt more stringent <br />regulation of any ~ of lawful gambling <br />within its jurisdiction, including the <br />prohibition of any form of lawful gambling, <br /> <br />. . . . <br /> <br />(Emphasis added.) <br />Nothing in the statute speaks to the authority of a <br /> <br />local unit of government to regulate the composition, local <br /> I <br />con::rol or residency of the organization seeking approval to <br /> I <br /> , <br />conduct gambling within the jurisdiction of the local unit of <br /> <br />government. FO~ of gambling contemplates the various games <br />I <br />themselves and the manner in which those games are conducted. <br /> <br />The term also akguablY contemplates authority to regulate the <br />I <br />I <br />site of the gambling activity. Therefore, the local unit of <br />--.... i <br />. , <br />government can determine what kind of lawful gambling (if any) <br />i <br />can take place in its jurisdiction; it can specify the hours <br /> <br />during which lawful gambling can be conducted within the <br />i <br /> <br />jurisdiction; it can indicate where in the juri~diction gambling <br /> <br />can and cannot be conducted; it can limit the number of sites <br /> <br />within the jurisdiction where gambling will be allowed; and it <br /> <br />can prohibit gambling altogether. <br /> <br />4 <br />