Inside Gaming
Richard N. Velotta’s Inside Gaming column appears Sunday and Wednesday in Business.
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The question circulating in Ohio last week didn’t center on the merits of the state adding 17,500 video lottery terminals to racetracks. Folks wanted to know whether regional casino giant Penn National Gaming was secretly trying to kill the deal.
The bidding for a casino at New York’s Aqueduct racetrack has turned into an old-fashioned Wild West shootout.
New jurisdictions and the loosening of casino wallets are giving Wall Street reasons to take a second look at the slot machine industry.