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Pennsylvania casinos face shutdown19 June 2007HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania -- As reported by the Pennsylvania Post-Gazette: "The state's five new racetrack casinos, including The Meadows in Washington County, could be shut down as soon as July 7 if Gov. Ed Rendell can't reach agreement with state legislators on a new $27 billion budget for 2007-08. "Sixteen Revenue Department employees who run the central casino control computer aren't considered 'essential' by the Rendell administration, but the thousands of slots players who flock to the state's five casinos each day would probably disagree. "Those 16 workers monitor daily activity at the 9,000 slot machines around the state, and without them, the casinos would, by law, be forced to close, state officials said yesterday..." |