Slot machine-like “instant racing” machines have stopped their whirring, flashing and dinging and gone silent across the state today, as Idaho Secretary of State Lawerence Denney certified into law SB 1011, the bill that overwhelmingly passed the Legislature to repeal authorization for the gambling machines. The Idaho Supreme Court yesterday ruled that Gov. Butch Otter’s belated attempt to veto the repeal bill in April, which wasn’t delivered back to the Idaho Senate until after the five-day deadline set by the Idaho Constitution, wasn’t valid. “Following notification this afternoon that the Secretary of State had certified SB 1011, Les Bois Park shut down its historical horse racing facility and laid off the 80 employees involved in those operations,” John Sheldon, president of Treasure Valley Racing, operator of Les Bois Park near Boise, said in a statement/Betsy Russell, Eye on Boise. More here.