Word: slot
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...time when the backdrop sphinx turns into a slot machine and dispenses oversized corn-on-the-cobs to Joseph's hungry brothers...
...answer to these objections is that the slot machines will be placed only in locations where gambling of one sort or another already exists: the tracks, and the casino boats, which will be placed only in communities that approve them...
...central argument for approval of the proposal is that it will bring significant revenue into state coffers. Estimates suggest that the slot machines alone will generate $5 billion in revenue, of which the state would take $82.1 million, a 1.5 percent cut. Even if the estimates are somewhat off the mark, as some state legislators have suggested legalized gambling will still bring in large amounts of money...
...Weld projections for revenue figures are in line with figures from comparable slot-machine operations in Connecticut, IIIinois and New Jersey. The idea that the proposals are seriously flawed does not merit serious consideration...
...legalization of a few gambling sites in Massachusetts makes economic sense. Because it limits gambling to specially-approved sites, thus avoiding the Las Vegas spectre of slot machines in laundromats, any negative impact will be limited. Gambling will give brilliant Harvard math majors a chance to practice card-counting skills. Bored Harvard students and post-thesis seniors will have something...