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New Hampshire’s casino bill died in May, but officials are already brainstorming for a new way to bring the proposal back up for consideration in the near future.
According to the Concord Monitor, the state’s Gaming Regulatory Oversight Authority will meet Aug. 15 in Concord in order to produce draft legislation and regulations by the middle of December. The state legislature reconvenes in January.
The bill failed earlier this year after some lawmakers refused to discuss and vote on it. The governor of the state is behind the idea of casino gambling.
“It is disappointing to see the House of Representatives break from the New Hampshire tradition of open and thorough debate…,” the governor said in statement in May after the plan had hit the muck. “Without passing SB 152, the path will be more difficult, but the people of New Hampshire expect us to do difficult things.”
In an effort to keep pace with neighboring Massachusetts, the dead bill would have allowed 5,000 slot machines and 150 table games at an already existing gambling facility.
Opponents are fearful that the measure would bring far more gambling to the state than it currently suggests. They are worried the number of casinos would never be limited to just one.
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