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The Pennsylvania Gaming and Control Board is
responsible for awarding the slot machines licenses in the state among other
duties relating to monitoring the slot machines. So for State Representative
Mark McNaughton, the allegations that he plays the slot machines with Boyd
Gaming in Atlantic City could negatively affect his application to sit on
the state’s Gaming board.
The issue they have doesn’t concern the fact that he plays slot machines, it
doesn’t even focus on the fact that McNaughton’s voting record in
Pennsylvania has been in direct opposition to legalizing slot machines in
Pa. Instead the Gaming Board is concerned that McNaughton lied on his ethics
forms submitted in his application; he was not completely honest with the
board when reporting his slot machines winnings. And on top of that, his
involvement with Boyd Gaming (a contender for one of the slot machines
licenses) could mean a conflict of interest for McNaughton.
But McNaughton has an explanation for why he enjoys the slot machines but
has voted against them at every given chance: he voted as his constituents
wanted. And he says that just because he enjoys the slot machines it does
not mean that he thinks that the slot machines should be available to play
in every state, and easily accessible to every citizen. He believes that the
slot machines should remain a destination perk, so that gamers have to
travel to places like Atlantic City and Las Vegas to play the slot machines.
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