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New Hampshire Governor Orders Gambling Impact Study
CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE --
With debate on expanded gambling leading to divisive and polarizing rhetoric, Governor John Lynch of New Hampshire has ordered the forming of a committee to study the possible effects of more gaming on the state. Lynch's command is to organize the Gaming Study Commission to explore the potential of several different models involving expanding gambling in the state.
Both sides in the contentious discussion are encouraged by the governor's decision, and each expects the study to back its current claims.
Rich Killion of Fix It Now New Hampshire, a pro-gambling lobbying group, and Jim Rubens of the Granite State Coalition Against Expanded Gambling each told the Eagle-Tribune that existing evidence supports his side.
Killion suggested the experiences in Pennsylvania and Delaware be reviewed. Both states have had such success generating revenues through gambling, and suffered so little in the way of social costs, that they are adding new forms of gambling as fast as they can get the bills to legislative floors.
Rubens said he wanted the committee to examine what has happened in Kansas and Maryland, although his reasoning was less clear. Kansas has bumbled throughout its application process, causing potential casino operators to withdraw, even as Kansas still tries to create casino gambling. Maryland just passed a law placing slot machines at state race tracks.
The lingering question is whether both sides are willing to accept an objective report, or only one that validates the current belief.
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