Slots gambling hits a bump in the road

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Slots gambling hits a bump in the road (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Oct. 16--Pennsylvania's unprecedented attempt to create a layer of middlemen to supply slot machines to the state's casinos is beginning to bog down the introduction of gambling to the commonwealth and delay the promised stream of revenue to the state treasury and local school districts.

Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board Chairman Tad Decker has declared a "total impasse" among the board's seven members on whether to set up one, two or five regions for slot machine distributors, and Gov. Ed Rendell is starting to suggest that the entire notion of requiring middlemen might need to be scrapped.

"We're continuing to monitor [the dispute]," Mr. Rendell told reporters last week. "I don't know if you can legally split [the state] up into regions. I don't think that ever was the original contemplation.

"But if [gaming board members] don't move on this, you may well find that there will be legislation to do away with the distributor requirement."

Asked if he would support such a bill, Mr. Rendell replied, "Possibly."

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