New ideas to better the Old Line State
Video Slot Gaming in Maryland: Weighing the Costs and Benefits
By Thomas Hemphill
Published on Thursday, July 10, 2003
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During his ultimately successful campaign for the Maryland governor’s mansion, Robert L. Ehrlich repeatedly told voters that, if elected, he would push for the legalization of video slot machines in some of the state’s horse tracks. The machines were necessary, Ehrlich said, both to boost the Old Line State’s sagging horse racing industry and to bring new revenue into the state’s severely deficient coffers. The latter result was especially important in light of his promise to increase state funding of primary and secondary education.
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