Saturday, June 26 2010
Measure may face a final vote today
By Michael Levenson
Globe Staff / June 25, 2010
You may be able to gamble away your fortune, but it won’t go up in smoke.
That was the message yesterday from the state Senate, which voted, 24 to 15, in favor of an amendment to expanded gambling legislation that would ban smoking in casinos. The vote was a rare rebuke for Senate leaders, who wanted to allow smoking in one-fourth of the floor space at the casinos.
The smoking ban was one of only a few significant changes Happroved yesterday to a bill that would license three casinos in three regions of the state. Over several hours of impassioned Hdebate, casino supporters succeeded in fending off amendment after amendment, rolling up wide margins that suggested casinos are well on their way to Senate approval...
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