Many Concerned Over Slot Machine Expansion

With the California State Senate approving slot machines, and the compacts now sitting in the state Assembly, antigambling groups are hoping that they can count on their lawmakers to stop the expansion of slot machines in the state. Many are concerned with the large amount of slot machines that are being approved, and want to know why so many.

Anti-gambling groups like Stand Up for California and the horse racing industry are teaming up with labor to stand against the slot machine compacts. With such an opposition, it is likely that they will be able to persuade their governmental officials that approval of the slot machine compacts is not the way to go.

Many of the groups say that people like Assemblyman Torrico will stand against the slot machine compacts as they know how detrimental they would be to the state and to their workers. They are also aware of the amount of money that the tribes have been throwing around, especially into the pockets of many of the Senators who approved the bill this week. The Senate went so far as to say that since they are sovereign nations, that they don’t really have the right to stop whatever the governor has decided with them.

The antigambling groups say that they supported the gambling and the slot machines as a way for the tribes to bring in money to support themselves. However, they say that the big ones are now bringing in billions a year and they don’t need any more. They say that the smaller tribes are still living in squalor and that the bigger tribes are now only interested in themselves instead of offering to help those less fortunate.

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