New Hampshire, Mass. weigh gambling

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Thursday, April 1, 1999 | 10:32 a.m.

The Boston Globe reported the study was issued as New Hampshire lawmakers are weighing proposals to install slot machines at racetracks in that state to help fund schools.

Massachusetts state Sen. James Jajuga has filed a bill allowing three large casinos in Hamden and Bristol counties and at Salisbury Beach. Each would have 3,000 slot machines, 120 table games and 1,000 hotel rooms along with conference, retail and entertainment amenities.

Gambling foes are skeptical of Barrow's methodology and conclusions.

The Massachusetts House rejected gambling overwhelmingly two years ago. But the possibility of New Hampshire allowing gambling has raised the stakes for the Massachusetts economy and Massachusetts House Speaker Thomas Finneran has expressed concern Massachusetts could be at a competitive disadvantage.