BOSTON (AP) – Massachusetts lawmakers have scheduled a public hearing on a proposed ballot question that would let the state issue a second slots parlor license.
The bill will be heard before the Legislature’s Committee on Economic Development at noon Monday at the Venture Development Center at the University of Massachusetts-Boston.
The question says the slots parlor must be located near a horse race track.
There are two horse race tracks in the state: Suffolk Downs, in Boston, and Plainridge Racecourse, in Plainville.
Plainville is already the site of a slots parlor created under a 2011 law that legalized casino gambling in Massachusetts.
The law authorized the licensing of three casinos and a single slots parlor.
The question will likely head to the November ballot if lawmakers fail to act.
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