Local News

WJZ.COM Editor's Picks

2008 Celebrity Deaths More

WJZ's Pump Watch Section Celebrity Sex Tape Scandals To Have And To Hold: Wedded Bliss Celebrities Who Went To Rehab

• May 15, 2008 11:42 am US/Eastern
• Digg | Facebook | E-mail

  Close WindowE-mail This Page

  Slots Opponents Criticize Revenue Projections

  Required fields are marked with an asterisk(*)

  ---

  • Recipient E-mail:* 
  • • Your Name:* 
    • Your E-mail:* 
  • Add a Message:
  •   Send me a copy of this e-mail.

  • Type the characters in this picture:* Click here to refresh with new letters

  ---

  The information you provide will be used only to send the requested e-mail and will not be used to send any other e-mail communications. Read more in our Privacy Policy

  Send E-mail

  | Print

Slots Opponents Criticize Revenue Projections

A group opposing slot machines in Maryland says the state's plan for slots won't raise as much money as supporters claim.

StopSlotsMaryland says the proposal that will be put to a referendum in November isn't as financially beneficial as a plan that was floated in 2002.

The group also says the region's gambling market has become saturated with expanded gambling, creating more competition for gamblers' dollars.

But the head of a pro-slots group says the estimates are based on non-partisan state fiscal analysts. Slots supporters, including Governor Martin O'Malley, say the slots revenue is needed to fill state revenue gaps to avoid tax increases and spending cuts.

(© 2008 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)