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Senate amends gambling bill to ban smoking throughout casinos

You may be able to gamble away your fortune, but it won’t go up in smoke. That was the message yesterday from the state Senate, which voted, 24 to 15, in favor of an amendment to expanded gambling legislation that would ban smoking in casinos. The vote was a rare rebuke for Senate leaders, who wanted to allow smoking in one-fourth of the floor space at the casinos. Read more

Debate on casinos rages, then halts on technicality

An intensive debate on casino gambling got under way in the Senate yesterday, but was cut short by a Republican’s technical motion to delay further debate until the titles of the 164 proposed amendments to the bill are printed. Sen. Richard R. Tisei, R-Wakefield, made the motion that resulted in an automatic tabling of the debate, two hours after it began. Debate is expected to continue today but could be subject to further motions for delay. Read more

Senate leaders promote the benefits of casinos

State Senate leaders, bracing for a charged debate next week on their plan to legalize three casinos in Massachusetts, argued yesterday that the casinos will generate $1.8 billion in annual economic activity and create 14,000 permanent jobs. Read more

East Boston Senator Focused on Suffolk Casino, Senate’s Timing Hits Snag

STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, JUNE 17, 2010……The state senator who represents racetracks in East Boston and Revere voiced primary support for resort casinos, not racing facility slot machines, in an indication of how heavily the Senate may be lining up behind leadership's sidelining of the racetracks in draft legislation. Read more

Point person on legislation confident of a speedy resolution

More and more, expanding gaming in Massachusetts – and most likely in Revere and East Boston – has become a matter of how rather than when. Read more

Brewer predicts casino approval

BOSTON — State Sen. Stephen M. Brewer, D-Barre, predicted yesterday that the Senate will vote to authorize casino gambling next week. Read more

Casino debate set in Senate

BOSTON - The Massachusetts Senate is projecting June 23 as the date to begin a floor debate on a bill to legalize three casino resorts. Read more

Teamsters crowd casino hearing

Hundreds of out-of-work Teamsters wearing bright orange T-shirts exclaiming “Casinos Now! Jobs Now!” packed a State House hearing room yesterday in support of expanded gambling. Read more

Mass. Senate plans public hearing on casino plan

BOSTON — Backers and foes of casino gambling will get their chance to weigh in at a public hearing at the Statehouse this week. Read more

Unemployment rate dips in Greater Fall River

FALL RIVER — Unemployment rates in Fall River and surrounding towns fell in April, according to state data released Tuesday, including a drop of nearly 2 percentage points in the city. Read more

State Senate reveals more gambling bill details

The state Senate yesterday unveiled more details of its proposed gambling legislation, setting the stage for a charged public hearing just days before Senate President Therese Murray departs for a weeklong trip to Ireland. Read more

Senate to propose licensing 3 casinos

State Senate leaders, offering the first glimpse of their plan for expanded gambling in Massachusetts, said yesterday that they will propose licensing three casinos in three regions of the Commonwealth, but no slot machines at the state’s four racetracks, setting up a clash with their House counterparts. Read more

Senate proposal: three casinos, no slots at racetracks

After months of silence on expanded gambling, the Massachusetts Senate has drafted legislation that would allow three resort casinos—one reserved for a qualified American Indian tribe—but no slots at the state’s four racetracks, the Herald has learned. The measure, which will be presented to members during caucuses at the State House tomorrow, will face a public hearing on Tuesday, June 8. Read more

Massachusetts Senate expected to take up casino bill in June

With a gaming and casino bill headed for the state Senate next month, the prospect is akin to a game of Black Jack. “The magic number still is 21,” state Sen. Stephen J. Buoniconti, D-West Springfield, said of the pending debate over slot machine parlors and resort casinos among the senate’s 40 members. Any successful bill would need a simple majority vote of 21 votes. Read more

Massachusetts Senators Line Up ‘Bullet-Proof’ Casino Bill

The Massachusetts Senate is poised to vote on a landmark casino proposal early next month as it pushes to pass a veto-proof gambling bill well before the legislative session ends. Read more

Patrick has “no problem” with two casinos, calls veto issue “fair question”

Gov. Deval Patrick signed off Monday on the notion of two Massachusetts casinos while labeling a "fair question" speculation around whether he would veto the House proposal that also permits four racetrack slot machine venues. Read more

Stoneham’s delegation favors expanded gambling

There are some differences of opinion, but Stoneham's delegation at Beacon Hill is voicing support for expanded gambling in the Bay State. Read more

Rosenberg: Gambling efforts about creating most jobs, revenues

One of the two senators leading talks on formulation of an alternative to the House expanded gambling bill said private talks among senators on gambling this week are "progressing well" and said he believes the Legislature should establish the number of allowable casinos but leave facility siting decisions to a regulatory agency. Read more

Khan: Why I voted for the gambling bill

For many people, gambling is a reasonable form of entertainment. It exists in most states and our own, since 1976, as the lottery. Two years ago, I voted against expanded gambling in our state. But this month 120 representatives - myself included - voted to allow casinos in Massachusetts; 37 voted against it. Times have changed. Read more

Nearly 60 percent of Mass. residents support casinos, Western New England College poll finds

About 60 percent of adults in Massachusetts support a bill that would establish two casino resorts and slot machines for race tracks, according to a new survey by the Western New England College Polling Institute. Read more

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