Initiative might bring in millions - 2004-02-05
A planned statewide initiative that may expand slot-machine gaming to non-Indian sites in California could generate millions of dollars in Oceanside and the Del Mar racetrack.

Ocean's Eleven Casino in Oceanside – the only San Diego County site among the 16 contemplated for new slots – could get 800 of the machines.

City Manager Steve Jepsen said that could put up to $1.6 million a year into city coffers, if the projections of $100,000 in annual winnings from each machine are on target.
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New Slots Bill Arises Based On House Study - 2004-02-05
A Democratic lawmaker who helped defeat Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s slot machine legislation last year is proposing his own slots bill. Delegate Jon S. Cardin, Baltimore County Democrat, said he plans to introduce a measure as soon as next week that will follow the findings of a six-month study by the House Ways and Means Committee.

"I tried to incorporate everything that we learned from our study," said Mr. Cardin, a member of the committee which defeated Mr. Ehrlich's plan after it was approved in the Senate. "I would call it a responsible way to expand gambling."
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