Gambling
Companies Courting Massachusetts
As reported by the Boston Herald:
"For gambling tycoons, the ultimate prize
may not be another towering casino complex on
the Vegas Strip.
"Rather,
it may be cracking one of the most lucrative
and so far elusive potential gambling markets
in the country - Massachusetts.
"Some
of the world's top gambling magnates have long
dreamed of building giant casinos in Massachusetts,
where the state Lottery is a billion-dollar-plus
affair and residents still have enough money
left over to fill the coffers of two Connecticut
casinos.
"It
has long been an unrequited love, with stodgy
State House lawmakers spurning one gambling
proposal after another over the years by lopsided
margins.
"
But the odds may be finally shifting, with a
proposal to put slot machines at local racetracks
facing the best chance of any such bill in years…"
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