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Rhode Island speaker pushes gambling expansion study18 September 2007RHODE ISLAND -- As reported by the Providence Journal: "House Speaker William J. Murphy said yesterday that the General Assembly would study in January whether the state should allow table games at its two slot parlors — Newport Grand and Twin River — or even add a full-fledged casino elsewhere in Rhode Island. "'In January, we have to take another serious look at whether we want to be up and running before Massachusetts,' he said. 'If three casinos open in Massachusetts, then the financial health of our two slot parlors will be in jeopardy.' "Murphy said gambling revenue critical to the state budget, which is projected to run a deficit for the next few years, will drain away to Massachusetts without action to protect Rhode Island's slot parlors. "Rhode Island legislators will take up the gambling issue just a little more than a year after voters defeated a proposal to build a casino in West Warwick because Massachusetts Governor Patrick yesterday proposed licensing three full-scale casinos in the Bay State..." |