If a deadbeat dad wins at a Colorado casino or racetrack with the old gambler's plea, "Baby needs a new pair of shoes," a state lawmaker wants the jackpot to really go to the kid.

"When a guy goes up there and gambles, the money he puts in that slot machine is his kids' money," Rep. Joel Judd, D-Denver, said Friday. "Hey, if the dad wins, the kids should win."

Judd's House Bill 1071 was passed by the full House Friday on a 51-13 vote.

The bill would require casinos and racetracks to call into an automated state hotline to see if a winner owes child support before paying off winnings of more than $600 at a racetrack or more than $1,200 from a slot machine.

The bill would also allow winnings to be snared from people who owe back taxes and crime victims' restitution fines.

Why not, Judd said, noting that the state has been seizing delinquent parents' lottery winnings for about a decade.

"We're sending a strong message to deadbeat parents that gambling away child support money won't be tolerated," he said.

Now, Judd is gambling that the bill will win passage in the Senate, where his identical legislation came up "snake eyes" last year.