Slot Machine Bill Additions

First the state of Pennsylvania decided that slot machines should be legalized. This alone was enough to throw a lot of people into a tizzy. The fact that the straight-laced state would approve slot machines came as quite a surprise to all. However, now that they finally have one of their slot machine casinos open, they are looking to the future and doing it rather quickly. They haven’t even opened a second slot machine casino and already they are looking to bring in table games and free alcohol to slot machine players.

The free drinks at the slot machines have already been approved, but they are still working on the table game question. Governor Ed Rendell signed a law this past week that allows the slot machine parlors to give an unlimited amount of alcohol to gamblers – which goes against the state law that only allows one free drink per person.
The Mohegan Sun is not opposed to adding table gaming to the slot machines, but it would have to be taxed at a lower rate. Robert Soper, the slot machine parlor’s president, said that the 55% that is applied to slot machines is just too high to pay. But otherwise he said, “We welcome any legislation that introduces table games. I think table games bring a lot to the local economy.”

Rendell thinks that the idea of feeding alcohol to the slot machine players is fine as long as they limit the amount they give them. He said perhaps there should be a limit to how many drinks per hour the slot machine players can get. The Mohegan Sun spokesperson said they are still evaluating whether or not they will be offering slot machine players free drinks or not.

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