Bill: Slot Machines For Texas -- Grace White

It's a gamble some state lawmakers want Texas to take. A bill filed Thursday would give voters the chance to decide if Texans can legally play slot machines. The bill would mean a big boost in business for race tracks like San Antonio's Retama Park. C.E.O. Bryan Brown says Texas loses $2.5 billion dollars a year to other states where slots are legal.

"Our legislators are facing a $16 billion dollar budget deficit and thus far there's no real answers, no new revenue that the state could use except our solution, " says Brown.

Bills suggesting slot machines have come up in the past, but they've never made it to the Governor's desk.

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Thursday, March 3 2011, 09:34 PM CST

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