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Pennsylvania Board Makes Slots Top Police Priority
HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA --
Despite the limited budgets of law enforcement across the United States, Pennsylvania has bestowed grants totaling over $272,000 to local police for the purpose of enforce laws against illegal slot machines.
Mary DiGiacomo Colins, Chairman of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, made the announcement, asserting that the funds were directly designed to prevent the installation or usage of slot machines, and that small games of chance may be disregarded.
Funding for the program comes from licensed slots at state race track casinos, and goes to show the state will spare no expense in preventing competition.
The Gaming Board specifically states that it is dedicated to eliminating slots that pay out to patrons but do not contribute taxes to the state. It seems to not care how much of those taxes it must spend to prevent any gambling pennies from escaping its monopoly.
Local police, eager at the chance to grasp some much-needed funding, have made busting neighborhood bars and the Moose Lodge a priority; too bad such a sum couldn't be offered for catching big-time crack dealers, or white-collar bankers who launder cocaine millions.
In the meantime, count on police to put catching your local saloon at the top of their list, well above violent crime and theft.
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