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Anti-casino group generates encouragement - 2004-02-10
State and community anti-casino supporters Monday run through their latest weapons in the war against the Indian gambling expansion in the state, including promised legislation that would supervise lobbyists' influence on the recognition system of federal tribes.

Connecticut Alliance Against Casinos also added to Connecticut's arsenal in the battle against the federal recognition of Kent's Schaghticoke and North Stonington's Historic Eastern Pequot tribes a $10,000 letter-writing campaign backing the federal lobbying bill and a state law banning off-reservation casinos.
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Lynch advises commission to manage gaming - 2004-02-10
With gambling emerging as an ever-growing business in Rhode Island, and with the prospect of a Foxwoods-style resort casino on the horizon, Attorney General Patrick Lynch wants to constrict the way the state regulates the gaming industry.

Simultaneously, he would make a Division of Gaming Enforcement within the attorney general's office that would, probe applications for gambling establishments, prosecute breaches before the commission, audit casino operations and investigate and continue examining casino inquiries.
Read the full story at Pawtucket Times