San Bento Vying for More Slot Machines

Rep. William San Bento is known as a supporter of the slot machines, and now he want to bring in more. The slot machines in Lincoln Park and Newport Grand have been bringing in less slot machine revenue as of late and thus have some in the legislature concerned about that source of income for the state.

San Bento thinks they should bring in reel-type slot machines and high-stakes bingo to offset the lost revenue that they have been experiencing. Because of the other states around them that have either added slot machines, expanded slot machines, or are considering doing one of the two things, there is some cause for alarm.

The slot machines that San Bento wants to bring in are lottery machines that look and act like slot machines. Because the constitution says that they cannot add more slot machines without statewide voter approval, San Bento is quick to point out that these are not slot machines they are lotto machines.

The legislature is looking over the proposal to see if he is in fact bringing in slot machines, or if the modified machines would not count as such. Seems to me that if it looks like a duck…

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