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Maine Lawmakers Grapple with Slot Options

AUGUSTA, Maine – As reported by the Portland Press Herald: "Lawmakers who are grappling with Gov. John Baldacci's plan to strengthen the state's regulation of slot machines at harness-racing tracks will have to weigh three competing options.

"Based on what supporters and opponents of racinos told a legislative committee during a four-hour hearing this week, the Legislature could enact some version of the governor's reforms, let voters decide on any new regulations or do nothing to change the racino law that voters passed in November.

"…The governor's bill would create a five-member Gambling Control Board to license and regulate the racino industry. It also would limit the number of slot machines to 3,000 statewide and 1,500 per racetrack, strengthen the power of the state police to enforce the state's rules, allow the regulatory board to suspend licenses pending hearings on alleged infractions, and require that all racino employees and vendors be licensed…"

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