by: Gene Koprowski.
Massachusetts Senate President Therese
Murray said she has reached an agreement with House Speaker Robert
DeLeo and Gov. Deval Patrick to "pass some sort of gambling-expansion"
bill this fall.
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"Cha-ching," she said, pulling on an imaginary slot arm, excitedly, as she announced the news in Boston today.
Gov. Patrick, a protégé of White House advisor David Axelrod, who ran the "change campaign" for Patrick first, and then rolled it out for Obama, has wanted to boost gambling revenues for many years in Massachusetts.
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The Democrats quoted a study showing Massachusetts residents spent $900 million at casinos in Connecticut in 2005.
Muray said continuing to forgo a share of that revenue is unwise as the state cuts up to $3 billion from its current budget, and maybe $3.5 billion from the budget that begins July 1.
"Even if we pick up $700 million from that, we would all take that," Murray told an audience of business leaders at a Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce breakfast.
"My staff is going to hate me for doing this, but - 'cha-ching,'" said Senator Murray.
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