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Schwarzenegger Doesn't Support Ballot Initiative

LOS ANGELES – Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger doesn't support a proposed ballot initiative that could allow operators of horse tracks and card rooms to add Las Vegas-style gambling if tribal casinos don't pay more of their winnings to the state, the governor's spokesman said.

"The proposal, which sponsors hope to bring to a statewide vote next November, would request that tribes operating Las Vegas-style casinos pay 25 percent of their net casino revenue to the state. If the tribes refuse, five horse tracks and 11 card rooms in California would then be allowed to operate as many as 30,000 slot machines and pay 35 percent of their winnings to local governments and schools…"

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