\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cWhile New Hampshire has done nothing, surrounding states now have gaming entities,\u201d he said recently. \u201cThey advertise on our TV stations and we send buses of New Hampshire residents to those other states to gamble. It\u2019s time for New Hampshire to do something. No state that has done this has crumbled.\u201d<\/p>\n
House of Death<\/b><\/h2>\n
While the D\u2019Allesandro\u2019s bill, which proposes creating licenses for two casinos in New Hampshire, cleared the Senate by a 13 to ten vote, it has once again fallen on deaf ears in the House.<\/p>\n
A procession of officials speaking against the bill included tourism industry leaders and Franklin Police Chief David Goldstein. Collectively, they argued that the issue of had been endlessly debated in the past and the argument for legalization was now shakier than it had ever been.<\/p>\n
No date has been set for a vote on the House floor, and it doesn\u2019t look good, but don\u2019t expect the indefatigable D\u2019Allesandro to give up, just yet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
New Hampshire\u2019s casino bill faced a grilling Tuesday in the State House, which has always proved a graveyard of casino bills past. And there have been a few. This is Senator Lou D\u2019Allesandro\u2019s (D-Manchester) 19th attempt to legalize casino gaming in the state, and each successive bill\u2019s annual defeat in the House has become something […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":48716,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,13,18,61],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
New Hampshire Casino Bill Pecked to Bits in the House<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n