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Analysts report new slots may earn $500 million - 2004-01-29
Industry analysts stated yesterday that Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr.'s current slots proposal could earn $500 million for the state's coffers, and maybe more, depending on the location of the devices.

Although the administration refused to offer detailed estimates of Ehrlich's new slots plan, the governor estimated last year that 11,500 slot machines at four racetracks would produce $1.6 billion -- slightly less than half of which would have gone to the state treasury for education.
Read the full story at Baltimore Sun, MD

Supreme Court Hears Gambling Complaints - 2004-01-29
Attorneys for the governor encouraged the state Supreme Court Tuesday to decline two lawsuits over American Indian gaming, one looking to overturn his authority to sign deals with tribes and the other asking for an end to casino gambling in Wisconsin period.

Both lawsuits accuse the governor of illegally replacing his own discretion for state policy by signing a deal last year with the Forest County Potawatomi permitting the tribe to present new games like craps and roulette and omitting some limitations on its casinos.
Read the full story at GamblingMagazine.com