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Panel endorses gambling bill; fate in Senate uncertain

Thursday, March 31, 2005 | 9:48 a.m.

TOPEKA, Kan. -- A bill allowing casinos in five areas and slot machines at dog and horse tracks won the endorsement of a Senate committee Wednesday, with supporters pitching it as a way to raise new dollars for education.

The bill would set aside the state's revenue from the new gambling for public schools. Supporters estimated the bill would raise $150 million during the fiscal year beginning July 1.

The Ways and Means Committee's voice vote sent the bill to the Senate for debate. It was the first significant legislative action on gambling this year.

Republican leaders had said the measure would stay in committee unless supporters could demonstrate it would pass the Senate, but on Wednesday, they weren't sure their chamber would even debate the measure this year.

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