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The long awaited legislation has finally passed through
the Senate with approval for the amendment to Act 71 which legalized slot
machines in Pennsylvania. Since the Act was passed in 2004 there have been
many requests and bills written to further regulate the slot machines. The
amendments though have always bounced between the House and the Senate with
no agreement on the bills. One branch or the other would always make changes
to the bill that the other did not agree with.
Now however, both branches agreed that the slot machines were in desperate
need of further regulations so the House passed a bill that was then sent to
the Senate with high hopes that this would be the last round. And thankfully
the slot machines amendments are passed—the Senate spent several hours
discussing the bill in privacy before emerging with unanimous approval of
the new legislation.
The amendments varied in their importance but all were relevant to the slot
machines industry in Pennsylvania. One of the more important amendments
dealt with reinstating local zoning control over the slot machines in both
Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. The local officials were not happy with the
previous legislation that gave slot machines zoning control to the Gaming
Control Board. Now Pittsburgh and Philadelphia have control over their
casino zoning.
Additionally, Allegany County now has the right to regulate smoking at its
stand along casino that operates slot machines. And the big debate that now
has found resolution is the Pennsylvania middlemen. What was once an attempt
to avoid corruption had to be dealt with by the Senate because of the
apparent abuse from some politicians.
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