While New Hampshire may be favorable toward sports gambling, state lawmakers apparently aren’t ready for other types of gambling. A bill that would allow casinos in the state has had difficulty ever since it was introduced and has now been killed almost permanently. Better luck next year.

The New Hampshire Senate passed a bill to allow two casinos in the state this past March. It was only barely accepted, which already put it on an unsafe footing as it made its trek to the House. Yesterday, that chamber addressed the bill and took a guillotine to it. It voted 289-63 to send the legislation to an early grave. The House then took an additional step to make sure it couldn’t be revived and voted on another measure that prevents the bill from resurfacing in the current session.

State opponents to the legislation pointed out that only the bill’s sponsor, Senator Lou D’Allesandro, was the only voice heard during a previous hearing. They argue that it might be too late for New Hampshire to try to get into the market, given that other New England states have already launched casinos.

Senator Willis Griffith asserted, “There may have been a time when casinos made sense for New Hampshire, but that time has without a doubt come and gone.”