Backstretch Benevolence - 2004-02-05
Hidden amongst the rhetorical debris of whether or not slot machines will be brought to Hastings Racecourse is the fact that horse racing is not only great entertainment, but a community-building tool too.

Getting this message out should be the cornerstone for those trying to improve thoroughbred racing conditions through the inclusion of slot machines.

Vancouver City Council has deemed "visioning" meetings necessary at Hastings Park before another vote on slots can take place.
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Currie: Rosecroft bid for slots hurt by sale disputes - 2004-02-05
Pending lawsuits and ownership uncertainty are hurting Rosecroft Raceway's chances of being a part
of a plan to legalize slot machines in Maryland, leading Prince George's County lawmakers say.

Senate Budget and Taxation Chairman Ulysses Currie (D-Dist. 25) of Forestville, a strong slots supporter whose committee handles gambling expansion legislation, said Rosecroft is not in a favorable position to be part of the slots bonanza.

Currie said the prolonged and not-yet-official sale of the harness track in Oxon Hill -- delayed by lawsuits and complicated by other factors -- could convince lawmakers to strike the racetrack from the slots bill.
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