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Friday, September 16, 2011

Globe: Gambling Bill Gives Away Revenues to Casinos

On Wednesday, Noah Bierman reported that the 25% tax levied against casinos' daily take lets casinos off the hook relatively easy in comparison to many other states with legalized gambling. Gambling opponents say that this amount will mean hundreds of millions of dollars lost every year to already-wealth casino owners.

In defense of the bill's low tax rate, Senator Stanley C. Rosenberg (D-Amherst) cast the potential casino industry as a golden-egg laying goose that the Massachusetts legislature must keep healthy.

Now that we see how the legislature views the casino industry, and its role in supporting casino owners, the give-aways and sweetheart deals packed into the bill should come as no surprise.

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