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Old 02-26-2007, 08:12 PM
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“Those jobs are truly at risk without the passage of this legislation,” he said. But Rep. Chet Dobis, D-Merrillville, said the state should not bail out the failing horse-racing industry.

“It’s a loser in every racetrack in this country,” he said.
A loser in every racetrack? I'm pretty new to this, but I get the sense that the slots have consistently brought in more patrons, helped swell the purse money, and improved the quality of competition at the tracks. Are there really tracks that suffered after the slots were installed?
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