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Gambling moratorium passes first test

April 20, 1999 By admin

Backers of the state’s race tracks have won round one, but they’re likely tolose the next round at the statehouse.The Senate yesterday passed a bill which establishes a five-year moratoriumon gambling expansion. The state’s three race track casinos would be barredfrom adding new slot machines for the next three years. Included in thebill is a freeze on the taxes the race track/casinos in Council Bluffs, DesMoines and Dubuque pay to the state. Those taxes are scheduled to rise by10 percent in the next few years. Senator Steve Hansen, a democrat fromSioux City, said the gambling moratorium was ironic in that there has beenno moratorium on lottery games.House Speaker Ron Corbett says the pro-track provision will be stripped fromthe bill when the House considers it as Republicans aren’t interested incutting taxes for gambling casinos.

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