Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Nonprofits should resist lure of slot machines

Nonprofits should resist lure of slot machines: "There are so many things wrong with a bill to allow nonprofit organizations to offer slot machine gambling that we hardly know where to start.

LD 890 would allow any nonprofit group that is already licensed for beano games to also operate five slot machines. The bill's proponents -- which include fraternal organizations such as the Elks and the American Legion -- say that racino gambling in Bangor at Hollywood Slots has cut traditional Bingo revenues by hundreds of thousands of dollars, and the only way to maintain their ability to raise money for charitable activities is by competing with Hollywood Slots. Five slot machines at a time."
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