State Really Considering Impact of Slot Machines

The state of Massachusetts is really looking into slot machines and the effect that they would have on the state’s residents. The state has been considering adding in slot machines to help with a budget shortfall that they are experiencing, but popular opinion is very divided over the issue. Governor John Lynch had said that he would not make any moves regarding the slot machines without carefully considering all of the angles.
 
He has created a Gaming Study Commission that will look at the pros and cons of bringing in the slot machines and expanding gambling. He has named Andrew Lietz to chair the slot machine panel and they have already planned their first meeting for some time after August 15th. They are then planning to have a work outline and schedule by the first of October and an interim report not long after Thanksgiving.
 
Lietz should do well with the slot machine board considering he has sat on several boards before. He has worked on everything from taxes to the state university system, and feels qualified to run the board on slot machine expansion.
 
He says that while most people are very strong in their convictions with regards to the slot machines, he says he truly does not have a “position one way or the other” and claims to be “agnostic” in his believes about expanded gambling. He says that the governor expects a full and complete report from them, one that includes the viewpoints from people around the state and he is going to get him that. They are planning on filling out the rest of the board with people who are members of the public, as well as other legislators, law enforcement personnel, etc. so that they get a true sampling of ideas and viewpoints on the slot machines.

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