New Hampshire convenience stores can now profit from keno, thanks to one of the 39 bills Gov. Chris Sununu signed into law this month. Other bills are aimed at boosting the cryptocurrency industry and providing oral health care to Medicaid recipients.

Previously, if you wanted to play keno you had to go to a bar or restaurant in the 91 municipalities that have voted to allow it. But House Bill 355 expands the game to grocery stores in those towns, though the most likely carrier will be convenience stores. This is a source of income for stores, since they receive an 8 percent cut of sales.

“That is a win,” said Kevin Daigle, CEO of the NH Grocers Association. “They’ve been cashing keno tickets at our stores for years.”

HB 1503, also signed into law this month, extends the state’s Uniform Commercial Code to “controllable electronic records,” more commonly known as cryptocurrency, to exempt it from various security laws starting next year, and to provide a framework to jump-start the industry here. The Senate tried to add language to that bill to require state contractors to use domestic steel in projects costing over $1 million. The House balked at that, but a compromise called for the state to give the bidding edge to contractors using domestic steel should the bids be equal in value.

Both parts of the law won’t go into ef fect until January.

Finally, Sununu signed HB 103 and Senate Bill 422, which would include dental coverage in Medicaid benefits for the first time for those over 21, though there will be co-pays and deductibles. Currently, most Medicaid only covers dental emergencies, not routine care.

— BOB SANDERS