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Tim Cahill on Slots: The Gift That Keeps on Giving

June 24, 2009 By bmass

In my comment on the listserv, I said that despite the financial collapse, the supporters of predatory gambling in Massachusetts would probably argue that the bankruptcy of slots actually strengthens the need for slots in Massachusetts. I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bankruptcy, cahill, iran, racinos, rhode-island, slots

Predatory Gambling Podcast

April 8, 2009 By Ryan

Les Bernal, head of StopPredatoryGambling.org and Sen. Susan Clark's former Chief of Staff, joined the LeftAhead crew today to talk about just why predatory gambling is both bad policy and extremely dangerous. More on the show here, or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: casinos, deval-patrick, economy, gambling, slots, susan-tucker, tim-cahill

Can the Party Resist the Borg?

March 14, 2009 By bmass

The Boston Globe laid out the evidence last week The video slots allow players to gamble incredibly rapidly, winning or losing a game every several seconds without a break, to the point that their brains are undergoing the equivalent of an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: borg, casinos, fdr, party-platform, predatory-gambling, slots, tradition

Tim Cahill is shocked! shocked! to discover gambling in these establishments!

March 10, 2009 By David

WBZ reports that lots of bars in Massachusetts have gambling machines that are being run like mini-casinos, cash payouts and all.  WBZ's I-Team followed around undercover agents working out of the Treasurer's office (grainy video … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: cahill, casinos, slots

Tim Cahill Proposes Equivalent of Crack Houses to Raise State Revenue

March 7, 2009 By bmass

United Press International, quoting an extensive story on the front page of today's Boston Globe, summarizes the reality behind Tim Cahill's -- and, it must be admitted, the governor's -- illusion that slot machines (whether in parlors or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: addiction, cahill, chemical, drug, gambling, patrick, slots, stupid, video

When Clyde Barrow says your gambling numbers are too optimistic …

March 5, 2009 By David

you know you've got trouble. "Nobody's ever paid that much for a casino license," said Clyde Barrow, a casino specialist at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth. "I can't see anybody putting up that kind of money to license a slot … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: cahill, casinos, gambling, slots

Memo to the Treasurer: slots are not recession-proof.

March 3, 2009 By David

Haven't got a lot of time this morning -- but, honestly, is this really such a great idea? State Treasurer Timothy Cahill plans to propose today that the state sell the rights to as many as three slot parlors across Massachusetts.... It … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: cahill, casinos, slots

Tracks Saying no to Track Worker Retraining?

March 2, 2009 By Ryan

Basically, this sort of thinking "There's always a possibility that even if the live racing goes away, slots could come in, and I might have a job," said Pizzutti, a racing official at the track, who has not begun a job hunt.is asinine, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: casinos, gambling, george-carney, greyhounds, massachusetts, race-tracks, racinos, slots

Exclusive! Harshbarger says racinos invite “another corruption/lobbying scandal fiasco”

February 3, 2009 By David

Former Mass. Attorney General Scott Harshbarger has harshly criticized the prospect of bringing slot machines to the state's racetracks.  In a statement released to Blue Mass. Group, Harshbarger said: I personally view [racinos] as a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: casinos, gambling, racinos, slots

The DiMasi Code

March 20, 2008 By gladys-kravitz

Cross Posted from the Gladys Kravitz Blog … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: casinos, dimasi, gambling, patrick-middleboro, slots

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