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« Alert: House overrides Carcieri veto of 24-hour gambling | Today | Donations sought for Audubon boardwalk repairs » May 6, 2008Alert: Assembly overrides Carcieri's gambling vetoPROVIDENCE -- The General Assembly has overriden Governor Carcieri's veto of legislation allowing 24-hour gambling on weekends and holidays at Twin River in Lincoln and Newport Grand. The Senate voted 24 to 8 to override shortly after the House voted 51 to 16 to do so. The override paves the way for the two video-slot emporiums to begin offering round-the-clock gambling soon on weekends and during overnight hours before state and federal holidays. Carcieri, a Republican, vetoed the legislation on Monday that had won approval in the House and Senate of the Democrat-dominated General Assembly. The governor cited opposition by host towns as a key reason. It's been estimated that expansion in gambling hours would raise upward of $14 million in new money for the state. -- With reports from Katherine Gregg of the Journal State House Bureau Posted by Mike McKinney CommentsRene | May 6, 2008 5:52 PM link Ofcourse the Governor doesn't want this to pass. It will bring in more state money and he wouldn't be able to layoff a couple of his detractors. Steve | May 6, 2008 8:36 PM link Post a commentPlease be civil. Vicious comments, personal attacks and profanity won't be published. Name and email are required; email address will not publish. |
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The estimated revenue will be about $7M not $14M (if we're lucky)