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Kansas Senate President Criticizes Expanded Gambling

KANSAS — As reported by the Lawrence Journal World: "Senate President Dave Kerr, participating in his first online chat Tuesday, criticized Gov. Kathleen Sebelius' proposed budget and said expanded gambling would produce little if any new revenue for the state.

"…Kerr also said Sebelius' plan to expand gambling to include video lottery, slot machines at racetracks and possibly six top-class casinos would not produce long-term revenue. People will simply spend their disposable income on gambling instead of other forms of entertainment, he said.

"'It's not a new source of money that simply creates something that isn't here today. It just changes the way that money is being spent and gives the state government another way to tax it,' he said…"

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