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Gaming, two strategies provoke clashes - 2004-02-05
An advocate of a serious expansion of gambling in Illinois is betting that the state's financial problems will aid his legislation this session.

State Rep. Lou Lang, D-Skokie, has proposed increasing the number of games and slots permitted in Illinois casinos, adding two casinos in Chicago and its suburbs, adding slot machines to horse racing tracks, and legalizing video gambling machines - all in the hopes of increasing the state's take from gambling profit to address a projected $2 billion shortfall.
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Lawmaker: Tracks delaying casino agreement - 2004-02-05
Kentucky's racetracks have been issued an ultimatum: share casinos or do without.
Rep. Larry Clark, D-Louisville, stated yesterday that, although he is open to asking for an amendment to Kentucky's constitution to permit casino gambling, it doesn't seem probable because the tracks won't agree to his terms.

Clark, who is speaker pro tempore, the second-most powerful associate of the state House, wants an amendment that would permit casinos at racetracks and other locations within the state.
Read the full story at Lexington Herald Leader