A hearing on casino gambling proposals for the joint committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies took place yesterday at the state house in Boston, Massachusetts, where proponents of expanding gaming in the state voiced their positions
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According to a report on milforddailynews.com, Housing and Economic Development secretary Greg Bialecki said the state has "an excellent chance" to recapture most of the millions leaving Massachusetts and being spent out-of-state if it acts to allow resort casinos in Massachusetts.
"Massachusetts should seek what others have successfully achieved," Bialecki said: First-class casinos "we can all be proud of."
The milforddailynews.com offers a well-balanced documentation of the hearing with comments from those in favour and against expanded gaming in the state.
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(With files from milforddailynews.com)