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HAND: Winslow antes up on poker
Saturday, April 21, 2012
The state has already authorized three casinos and one slot machine parlor, but some want to expand gambling even more.
State Rep. Daniel Winslow, R-Norfolk, intends to push for a budget amendment next week that would legalize Internet poker in Massachusetts.
He tried to get it included in the big gaming bill the Legislature passed last year, and it passed the House, but the Senate refused to go along.
Winslow said several other states are looking into Internet poker and Massachusetts should get into the game.
Many people already play Internet poker from off-shore sites, but critics contend the operators can be unsavory. Winslow said a state-regulated operation would be safer. "Massachusetts already has decided to legalize gaming, so we should consider all options to maximize revenue and create new jobs," he said. "State regulation of Internet poker also will create significant consumer protections that do not currently exist."
The budget amendment is the latest example of the explosion in the legal gambling industry.
Plainridge Racecourse in Plainville is seeking a state license to bring 1,250 slot machines to the track while several groups have proposed to build the three casinos authorized by the Legislature.
In Rhode Island, slot machine operations in Lincoln and Newport are seeking referendums to make their venues full-scale casinos with table games.
States like Pennsylvania have been expanding their gambling operations for years.
Bielat won't take pledgeU.S. Sen. Scott Brown and Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren were praised when they agreed to take "The People's Pledge" to keep outside groups from advertising in their election campaign, but the pledge apparently will not be spreading to the local congressional race.
According to a published report, Democrat Joseph Kennedy III and Republican Elizabeth Childs are willing to take the pledge in the 4th Congressional District race, but Republican Sean Bielat is not.
The district includes all of the Attleboro area.
A spokeswoman for Bielat said he welcomes outside help from so-called Super PACs.
Super PACs are groups that raised millions of dollars from anonymous sources and then spend the money on negative attack ads that often have little in common with the truth.
The groups were made possible by the U.S. Supreme Court decision called Citizens United, which ruled that corporations are people and therefore free to spend money on political advertising.
The donors to the Super PACs do not have to disclose their identities.
Citizens United has endorsed Bielat in the race to succeed the retiring U.S. Rep. Barney Frank.
State Rep. Daniel Winslow, R-Norfolk, intends to push for a budget amendment next week that would legalize Internet poker in Massachusetts.
He tried to get it included in the big gaming bill the Legislature passed last year, and it passed the House, but the Senate refused to go along.
Winslow said several other states are looking into Internet poker and Massachusetts should get into the game.
Many people already play Internet poker from off-shore sites, but critics contend the operators can be unsavory. Winslow said a state-regulated operation would be safer. "Massachusetts already has decided to legalize gaming, so we should consider all options to maximize revenue and create new jobs," he said. "State regulation of Internet poker also will create significant consumer protections that do not currently exist."
The budget amendment is the latest example of the explosion in the legal gambling industry.
Plainridge Racecourse in Plainville is seeking a state license to bring 1,250 slot machines to the track while several groups have proposed to build the three casinos authorized by the Legislature.
In Rhode Island, slot machine operations in Lincoln and Newport are seeking referendums to make their venues full-scale casinos with table games.
States like Pennsylvania have been expanding their gambling operations for years.
Bielat won't take pledgeU.S. Sen. Scott Brown and Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren were praised when they agreed to take "The People's Pledge" to keep outside groups from advertising in their election campaign, but the pledge apparently will not be spreading to the local congressional race.
According to a published report, Democrat Joseph Kennedy III and Republican Elizabeth Childs are willing to take the pledge in the 4th Congressional District race, but Republican Sean Bielat is not.
The district includes all of the Attleboro area.
A spokeswoman for Bielat said he welcomes outside help from so-called Super PACs.
Super PACs are groups that raised millions of dollars from anonymous sources and then spend the money on negative attack ads that often have little in common with the truth.
The groups were made possible by the U.S. Supreme Court decision called Citizens United, which ruled that corporations are people and therefore free to spend money on political advertising.
The donors to the Super PACs do not have to disclose their identities.
Citizens United has endorsed Bielat in the race to succeed the retiring U.S. Rep. Barney Frank.
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