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Mass Senate Leader Says Casino Gambling Bill Returning
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS --
Many thought Massachusetts would pass a bill last year legalizing casino gaming, until the manipulations of a politician helped derail the measure. Now that Sal DiMasi is no longer House Speaker, gambling advocates are pushing for a casino bill to be reintroduced, and Senate President Therese Murray says it will happen.
"We need the revenue. To see that over $900 million leaves the state every year to Connecticut and Rhode Island, even if we could pick up $700 million, we would all take that," Murray told the Boston Chamber of Commerce this week.
Murray told the group the state Senate would have passed the bill last year, if it had been allowed to reach the House floor for a vote by DiMasi. "There was an appetite last time, but there's a bigger appetite this time," she said.
Governor Deval Patrick, who lost significant political face last year in the showdown with DiMasi after he championed the casino bill, was more conservative in comments, but acknowledged the topic will probably reach the legislature this year.
“I’ve been a supporter of slots, and as I’ve told the governor before I’m open to a discussion relative to casinos,” current House Speaker Robert DeLeo told the Boston Globe, seemingly clearing the way for some form of casino bill to pass this year.
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