Millennium Pushing for Slot Machines

It isn’t just enough anymore for the governor to decide whether or not slot machines might be good for his or her state, they have to answer to everyone else who thinks they have a stake in it as well. One of those companies would be Millennium Gaming, who is putting some serious money into the state to try and get slot machines legalized.

The governor has already said that he has lots of plans for the budget money, and that he has increased several areas. But where is the money going to come from if it doesn’t come from slot machines? Cut spending? Cut government salaries? No, the automatic answer these days is to bring in the slot machines and with the state’s revenue being off $6 million this past year, who knows what the difference will be this year.

Millennium Gaming is working with Rockingham Park in Salem to try and bring in slot machines at the racetrack, and is using prominent political activists to get their voice heard. The governor has said he will listen to the slot machine proponents, but has not agreed to legalize them. However, he is claiming it is about “quality of life” and no one knows how he defines that.

Some are concerned that the big companies who want to see the slot machines legalized will show him that “quality of life” has to do with how much money you make – and that is a very sad idea. Especially since for some, their quality of life will be impacted by having a slot machine in their back yard that they might become addicted to.

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