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Patrick, Murray lukewarm to DeLeo gambling proposal – Local News Updates – MetroDesk – The Boston Globe
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Patrick, Murray lukewarm to DeLeo gambling proposal
By Michael Levenson and John R. Ellement, Globe Staff
House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo today outlined his plan to bring gambling to Massachusetts, saying he supports construction of two resort-style casinos and a limited number of slots at the state's four racetracks.Warning that the state is mired in a “blue-collar depression,'' DeLeo said a gambling industry must be created to take its place next to the current economic engines of health care, financial services, higher education, and tourism.
Robert DeLeo Globe Staff Robert DeLeoRelatedAudio: Governor Patrick on DeLeo's casino planYet, he said, the gambling industry will not, by itself, save Massachusetts.”I have cautioned before and I am going to caution everyone here again – gaming is not a panacea,'' DeLeo told the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce this morning. “But it is a plan, it is a plan that creates a new economic sector and new jobs in Massachusetts when we need them most.''Governor Deval Patrick offered a mixed response to DeLeo’s proposal.
He said the proposal for two resort casinos “sounds right.” But he made clear he staunchly opposes DeLeo’s plan to allow slot machines at racetracks.“The point is that slots at the tracks are not where the jobs are,” Patrick told reporters at the State House. “Where the jobs are is in the resort-casino destination setting.”< Read
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Auction is a Wonderland for collectors – BostonHerald.com
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By Gayle Fee and Laura Raposa
Remember when a trip to The Dogs was the hottest of hot dates? Then you may want to head over to SportsWorld in Saugus, where memorabilia from the just-dismantled Wonderland Greyhound Park is on the block.Memorabilia maven Phil Castinetti has scored seats, signs, toteboards, turnstyles, betting windows and more from the defunct Revere dog track.But the hottest item in Phil’s hot little hands: Swifty!“We had two, but I already sold one,” he said. “It went for just 200 bucks.
A bargain.”Swifty is, of course, the mechanical rabbit the dogs chased around the track and the star of the “There Goes Swifty!” call that started every race at Wonderland.“I worked there when I was a teenager and there would be 18,000 to 20,000 people there every night,” Castinetti said. “When they closed there were like 8 or 10 guys there. The place was in sorry shape, but they were going to throw everything out and I thought it was worth something.”Otherwise, the whole thing would just go to the dogs . . . .Inside Track – March 3, 2010:
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RevereBeach.com is now on Twitter
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