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Mass. residents continue to back casinos [SINCE WHEN?]
Channel 10 - Providence ^ | May 5, 2008 | NBC Providence

Posted on 05/07/2008 10:25:24 AM PDT by Disturbin

DARTMOUTH, Mass. -- A new gambling study shows some Massachusetts residents who have not supported casinos in the past may be changing their minds.

"Fifty-seven percent of Massachusetts residents still favor two or more resort casinos in the state of Massachusetts. That number is actually four percent higher than when we last did this poll in September," said Dr. Clyde Barrow, a public policy analyst at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth.

The study was funded by a real estate development firm with land interests in the proposed Palmer and New Bedford casino sites.

The research showed that as the state's deficit soars above $1 billion, so does the interest in casino and racetrack gambling.

"People are starting to look at casinos as a possible source of revenue," Barrow said.

The study polled 427 Massachusetts residents last week after the House's vote that killed Gov. Deval Patrick's four-casino proposal.

The study found that for the first time, suburban residents support casinos by a larger margin that urban residents. More residents said they want gambling revenues to go to local aid, not personal property tax relief.

For the first time, men and women had identical levels of support for gambling, and just over 50 percent said they want the Legislature to authorize slots at racetracks.

According to the study, slots at racetracks in Massachusetts could mean millions in lost revenue for Rhode Island.

Barrow said Rhode Island could lose $100 million to $150 million a year.

But there are certainly those Massachusetts residents who disagree with bringing in gambling to fix the economy.

"I certainly don't support gambling. I think it's a waste of money," one woman said.

The study found that the highest level of support for racinos -- racetracks with slots -- is in the New Bedford area. The lowest level of support was in central Massachusetts.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; US: Massachusetts; US: Rhode Island
KEYWORDS: casino; casinos; coupedeval; deval; devalpatrick; gambling; ma; mass
They've invented a new word:

"racinos -- racetracks with slots"

1 posted on 05/07/2008 10:25:24 AM PDT by Disturbin
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To: Disturbin
"I certainly don't support gambling. I think it's a waste of money,"

And you think its the governments job to use force to prevent people from spending their entertainment money in ways that you don't approve of.

2 posted on 05/07/2008 10:28:47 AM PDT by Ron Jeremy
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To: Disturbin

Clyde Barrow? Holy cow!


3 posted on 05/07/2008 10:30:28 AM PDT by RexBeach
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To: Disturbin

Out of curiosity, did Romney support this or is this solely a Patrick scam?


4 posted on 05/07/2008 10:33:51 AM PDT by GOP_Raider (Maybe next year...I guess...Let's Go Sharks!)
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To: GOP_Raider

Romney was against the Casinos.

Patrick, the new Governor, promised property tax relief that he knew he could not deliver. So now his bright idea is to build three state-sponsored casinos. He even included the proposed revenue from them in next year’s budget, but the casinos failed a vote in the state legislature.


5 posted on 05/07/2008 10:37:40 AM PDT by Disturbin (Liberals: buying votes with your tax dollars)
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To: RexBeach

“Clyde Barrow? Holy cow!”

Is he related to Wheel?


6 posted on 05/07/2008 10:38:31 AM PDT by Disturbin (Liberals: buying votes with your tax dollars)
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To: Disturbin

The only thing that these Casinos will bring to MA is 10,000 Hack jobs which win, lose or draw will never be lost even if the Casinos bomb. They’ll be standing at empty Black Jack tables like the Toll Takers at the Allston Toll that gets 2 cars through it on the night shift. He gets 52 large anyway.


7 posted on 05/07/2008 10:47:10 AM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: massgopguy

A Billion Dollar deficit which violates the state constitutuion, but they approved an additional $750,000 for funding Homosexual Programs in the schools.


8 posted on 05/07/2008 10:52:50 AM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: Disturbin

LOL!!!!


9 posted on 05/07/2008 11:04:11 AM PDT by RexBeach
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To: Disturbin
The people can want whatever they want in MA, it will make no difference. It never does. The mob, (translation government), have and will decide. The people don't even elect officials anymore, they are appointed regardless of what the people want.

If the people of MA don't like it, they have been told, move.

10 posted on 05/07/2008 11:04:18 AM PDT by gidget7 (Duncan Hunter-Valley Forge Republican!)
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To: Disturbin

“The study was funded by a real estate development firm with land interests in the proposed Palmer and New Bedford casino sites.”

Nuff said..


11 posted on 05/07/2008 11:04:56 AM PDT by vietvet67
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To: massgopguy

EXACTLY!


12 posted on 05/07/2008 11:06:15 AM PDT by gidget7 (Duncan Hunter-Valley Forge Republican!)
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To: gidget7

Mass citizens don’t get to vote.
If they did, it wouldn’t matter anyway.


13 posted on 05/07/2008 11:14:16 AM PDT by Diogenesis (Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)
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To: Diogenesis

We’re voting to repeal the state income tax in November.

It will pass.

Then the hacks will find a way to block it.


14 posted on 05/07/2008 11:51:22 AM PDT by Disturbin (Liberals: buying votes with your tax dollars)
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