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Casinos,
Yes;
Online
Gambling,
No
November
14,
2007
It
is
common
knowledge
that
Massachusetts
Governor
Deval
Patrick
has
been
trying
to
convince
people
that
he
needs
three
casinos
in
his
state.
He
has
been
pushing
it
for
months,
hoping
to
fix
the
gap
in
the
budget
and
allow
for
more
governmental
spending.
However,
that
is
not
the
only
thing
that
Patrick
is
pushing
for;
he
is
also
trying
to
get
online
gambling
made
illegal.
Much
to
the
surprise
of
many,
in
the
same
bill
that
would
allow
the
state
to
bring
in
slots
and
casinos,
the
governor
is
pushing
for
it
to
be
illegal
for
residents
of
the
state
to
participate
in
online
gambling.
Any
resident
caught
online
gambling
would
receive
up
to
two
years
in
prison
and
$25,000
in
fines.
Many
think
that
he
is
merely
doing
it
to
shut
out
the
competition.
If
residents
don’t
have
any
other
way
of
gambling
besides
his
casinos,
they
would
have
to
give
their
money
to
the
state.
However,
if
they
allow
online
gambling,
then
they
don’t
have
to
make
the
drive
to
the
casinos,
they
could
do
it
just
in
their
own
backyard.
Patrick’s
people
are
remaining
mum
on
the
subject,
leaving
many
to
wonder
why
he
is
behaving
the
way
he
is.
Representative
Barney
Frank,
who
is
attempting
to
get
online
gambling
regulated
and
legalized,
says
that
Patrick
is
merely
giving
his
opponents
leverage
against
him.
Others
think
that
the
bill
may
get
passed
as
people
want
gambling
but
may
not
necessarily
realize
the
ramifications
to
online
gambling
that
the
bill
is
proposing.
If
the
bill
does
pass
it
will
merely
mean
that
Massachusetts
has
joined
a
list
of
other
states
that
have
passed
online
gambling
bills.
One
has
to
wonder
that
if
they
can
pass
bills
making
online
gambling
illegal,
why
can’t
they
pass
ones
that
make
it
legal?
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