Regions Gambling On Video Casino Revenue - 2004-01-29
With the high-powered assistance of former state Assembly Speaker Mel Miller, now a supporter, the presidents of Nassau and Suffolk Off Track Betting Corp. secretly met last week with an official at the area's biggest business group, the Long Island Association, to talk about the mother of all bets.
What state officials are examining is a plan that would create what, in effect, would be eight quasi-casinos within the state -- five in New York City -- each of which would have as many as 2,000 of these lottery machines.
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