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If New Hampshire can appoint a Gaming Study Commission, why can't Massachusetts?

Some critics of expanded gaming are warning that the gambling issue needs to be fully vetted.

“I don’t think the average person, or even the average legislator, has a full grasp of the magnitude of what needs to be considered,’’ added Kathleen Conley Norbut, a resident of Monson and a member of the group United to Stop Slots in Mass.

Rosenberg said that with the debate now heating up, the biggest mistake the state can make is to rush the process.

“If we do this,’’ he said, “we’re going to live with this for a long time.’’