Casinos in Massachusetts

INTRODUCTION
Allowing casino gambling is becoming an increasingly pressing political issue in Massachusetts. A study found that casinos make money. Gov. Mitt Romney, new Senate Ways and Means chairwoman Therese Murray and others want Connecticut and Rhode Island to pay Massachusetts $75 million to NOT have casinos - economically correct, politically impossible. In April 2003, the House killed bills to let tracks have slots. A bill for a full casino for Suffolk Downs near Boston or Holyoke, which voted 59% - 41% pro-casino in a non-binding referendum, won't pass1. However, whenever and w…