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Mass Gaming Bill Heating up
The governor is wheeling and dealing to try and get this through An article on the upstanding citizen who is trying to throw us Mass players in jail. The Patrick administration aide accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy worked for months as the governor’s point man on the legalization of casinos, meeting with high-level executives and lawmakers now reeling from news that he faces criminal charges in Florida.... He was their top person on casinos,” said one official who met with McGee to discuss Gov. Deval Patrick’s legislation recently. “This does not bode well for the ...
Posted in: Poker Legislation 		bostonsportsfan
Feb 8th, 2008
Re(2): vote democrat
I think the current situation in Massachusetts shows us that we need to be on guard at all times. Governor Patrick is as liberal as they come, there is basically no Republican Party in the state, and if the casino bill passes as currently written the state will have the most draconian online poker regulations in the nation and may be the one state that actually tries to enforce the laws on the books since the bill creates a sure to be hack-riddled Gaming Commission with nothing else to do. In Mass, apparantly this fine gentleman is throwing us under the bus.
Posted in: Poker Legislation 		bostonsportsfan
Feb 8th, 2008
Re(1): MA Governor Proposes Criminalizing Online Poker!!!
Uglyowl brings up a good point: what is the PPA's view on joining forces with the anti-casino groups and working to kill the whole bill' Have there been any conversations with the umbrella anti-casino group' In a vacuum I prefer casinos in Mass, but Id rather they not exist than chance what ends up in the bill on internet gambling in a negotiated bill with a House Leader who hates gambling. Plus it could act as a potential deterrent against other states trying this BS in the future. "Hey they threw in that online gambling provision in MA and it helped get the whole bill killed, lets not mess ...
Posted in: Poker Legislation 		bostonsportsfan
Dec 10th, 2007