Massachusetts may be about to reopen a gambling fight it thought it settled in 2011. The state House has approved historical horse racing machines at the state’s remaining racetracks, tucking the authorization into a $561 million economic development bill that now heads to the Senate, over loud objections from the state’s three casinos and the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe…
The House passed the measure Wednesday night, July 8, as part of a policy-heavy economic development package. Representatives backing it frame HHR as a lifeline for the state’s struggling racing industry and a revenue source, with proceeds helping shore up a strained health fund.
The opposition is formidable.
