When New Hampshire video gambling was suspended for another year, the public might have thought that it was due Senate that has been attentive to the dangers associated with expanded gambling. They might have deemed that the General Attorney Kelley Ayotte and the N.H. Association of Chiefs stood behind this decision.
But the truth was far more picturesque that that. If expanded gambling should befall New
Hampshire, it would be monitored by the state Justice Department and the pari-mutuel commission, only without any guarantee for the citizen’s well fare. The gambling dens in New England are tightly connected to the mob that is likely to benefit from more legal gambling opportunities, as well as accompanying addiction. In the atmosphere of legalized gambling, fraud and organized crime will get over inflamed.
There was a postscript to the Senate poll on video gambling in New Hampshire, which appeared in the form of federal indictments in Massachusetts. According to the federal indictment, Arthur Gianelli, 47 charged in money laundering, managed to survive since he paid the New Hampshire Mafia for protection
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| Source: Gamblingsmart news Staff
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Tuesday, 19 April 2005 |
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