Slots come to Pennsylvania
From the Associated Press
WILKES-BARRE, PA. — Hundreds of gamblers, mostly senior citizens who had been waiting hours in a foggy drizzle, poured into Pennsylvania’s first slot-machine parlor as its doors opened Tuesday, more than two years after lawmakers authorized gambling to raise money for property tax relief.
Eager to try their luck, gamblers occupied most of the casino’s 1,100 machines in less than 10 minutes.
The Mohegan tribe of Connecticut spent $70 million on the slots parlor.
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