'The Minnesota network is designed to operate with 25,000 electronic pull-tab terminals,' according to the website of Acre 4.0, a Nevada-based gambling firm who developed the first pull-tab games being used in Minnesota. The games have titles like 'Treasures of the Jungle' and 'Big Money Heist.' The agency's approved iPads are already available at a handful of bars, where patrons can play at their own table or at the counter. The Minnesota system, which seems to be the first of its kind in the United States, received final approval from the state's Gambling Control Board this week. In addition to replacing the old Metrodome, backers of the electronic games say they'll make it easier for groups of people to play together and will lure younger gamblers, as well. The venture was sparked by the need to help pay for a new Minnesota Vikings football stadium, which will cost an estimated $975 million. Minnesota gamblers no longer have to rip paper pull-tabs to see if they've won cash: As of this week, they can use iPads to play, and play again, at the click of a button. The games are meant to help pay for a new football stadium in Minneapolis.

Booths that sell paper pull-tab games like this one have new competition in Minnesota: electronic pull-tab games played on iPads.

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