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New Orleans Track Eyes Slots22 May 2003BATON ROUGE, Louisiana – As reported by the Associated Press: "Slot machines could be added at New Orleans' horse racing track if the full House agrees to legislation approved by a House committee Wednesday. "A Senate-passed bill, by Sen. Lambert Boissiere, D-New Orleans, would let Orleans Parish voters decide whether to let the Fair Grounds install the gambling machines. Similar measures have failed in other legislative sessions. "Slot machines had been barred from the track because Harrah's casino was granted a monopoly on gambling in New Orleans. "…If approved by the full House, and then through referendum by New Orleans voters, the bill would allow the track to install up to 700 slot machines…" |