Donors across the video gambling industry gave North Carolina lawmakers nearly $900,000 between 2019 and 2022, according to a new complaint filed with state election officials that alleges some of the contributions may have violated campaign finance laws.
Ahead of lawmakers briefly considering legislation to legalize and regulate video gambling in 2021, before it stalled, and then hearing a similar bill in a committee earlier this month, donors gave $885,000 to elected officials and candidates that included legislative leaders of both parties, the complaint filed Tuesday by veteran government accountability advocate Bob Hall shows.
In some cases, campaign committees for top GOP lawmakers such as House Speaker Tim Moore and Senate leader Phil Berger received contributions of varying amounts from many of the same donors, all on the same day.
