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BLB Investors moves to block gambling competition

Monday, Feb. 14, 2005 | 9:21 a.m.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The company moving to buy Lincoln Park has taken steps to protect the gambling facility from competition.

BLB Investors submitted draft legislation to the governor seeking assurances that if it were to buy Lincoln Park, no other gambling facility in Rhode Island would be granted a more favorable tax structure.

BLB also offered in the proposal millions of dollars to the Narragansett Indian tribe and preferable treatment to its members wanting jobs at the park, according to The Providence Journal.

Some lawmakers said the so-called parity clause in BLB's draft legislation is an attempt to kill a casino proposal by the Narragansetts.

"This is smoke and mirrors by the Carcieri administration to poison the minds of potential voters on the casino referendum," said state Rep. Timothy Williamson, sponsor of the bill allowing a casino in his hometown of West Warwick.

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