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House Panel OKs Card Clubs

Down-on-their-luck backers of state-sponsored casino gambling are trying to shortcut the committee process, House Democrats charged Monday.

Over their objections, a powerful House committee approved a bill that would allow card clubs, including the one at Canterbury Park in Shakopee, Minn.,to raise the number of gaming tables from 50 to 90. It could enable supporters of two other gambling bills to win votes on their proposals as House floor amendments.

Canterbury Park happens to be the proposed site of the so-called racino. The other is Gov. Tim Pawlenty's proposal for a state-tribal casino in the Twin Cities area, with some proceeds benefiting the state. The two proposals might be combined by siting the state-tribal casino at the racetrack.

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