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Gov. Mark Dayton today reacted coolly to the prospect of rebooting electronic pulltabs and possibly separating the games from a requirement that operators have traditional paper pulltabs before they blink on the electronic versions.

Rep. Joe Atkins said he'd like to talk about that idea at a House Commerce Committee meeting today.

Here's how the governor responded when asked about the idea at a press conference in his office this afternoon:

Dayton was also asked about the memorabilia tax proposed last week, and the subject of a tax committee hearing in the House. Dayton said he'd consider it as a supplement, rather than a backup to the existing stadium funding -- sales taxes on new gambling, boosted by electronic pulltabs and bingo.

Dayton was also asked if the state would need even more, besides the memorabilia tax and a better or more effective e-pulltab system. He said that remains to be seen:

And finally, he was asked if he'd talked to the Vikings about the memorabilia tax proposal, which was paired with a suite tax on all pro sports teams in the 

bill offered by House tax chair Rep. Ann Lenczewski

UPDATE: Here's the Minn. Department of Revenue 

 on the likely proceeds from Lenczewski's bill.

*Some establishments are meeting the per-site revenues. But on average, according to data from the Minnesota Gambling Control Board, they are actually falling far short. In March, the per-site sales were 

about 31 percent of the state's original projection

, and that number has been declining since the games debuted in September, 2012. Also, as of March, there were only about 8 percent of the expected 2,500 sites up and running.

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Gov. Mark Dayton today reacted coolly to the prospect of rebooting electronic pulltabs and possibly separating the games from a requirement that operators have traditional paper pulltabs before they blink on the electronic versions. Rep. Joe Atkins said he’d like to talk about that idea at a House Commerce Committee meeting today. Here’s how the…

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