Over the years, exceptions were made for pari-mutuel horse race betting (1963), state lottery games (1989), tribal gaming (1992), charitable bingo and raffles (1993), off-track betting (2011), and historical horse racing (HHR) games (2013). Everything changed in 1953 when the legislature passed a statewide prohibition law.
Throughout the 1800s, gambling in Idaho was popular and regulated by individual towns.
