Huh, I always associated that with the Dakotas (eg: http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Articles/Credit-Card-Gift-Card-and-E-payments/Federal/south-dakota-a-favorit

Huh, I always associated that with the Dakotas (eg: http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Articles/Credit-Card-Gift-Card-and-E-payments/Federal/south-dakota-a-favorite-state-for-credit-card.html http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Articles/Credit-Card-Gift-Ca...). I can't find anything referring to that happening with Minnesota, and I haven't noticed a particularly large amount of that sort of activity here.