Fools' Venture

DeLeo and fellow Revere legislator Kathi-Anne Reinstein have supported since 2003 installing slot machines at Wonderland Greyhound Park and Suffolk Downs.

Are Massachusetts taxpayers asking what this proposal will add to long term costs for the short-term gains?

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What infrastructure improvements will Massachusetts taxpayers bond for this Folly?

Will we need 1500 NEW state employees to oversee this Fools' Venture?




Expanded gambling could be debated by legislators as early as this fall with the aim of capturing some of the $900 million that Massachusetts residents spend in Connecticut resort casinos each year.

Does anyone wonder where that figure came from? This is how rumors get started. Was it the perennial casino cheerleader who is paid by gambling interests to count license plates? Using his own methods, his figures seemed flawed with the decline in revenues from the CT casinos.