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Playing the Slots

Nine months after Broward voters approved a referendum permitting Las Vegas-style slot machines at four pari-mutuel locations, state lawmakers crafted a bill regulating the industry. The county will be allowed 6,000 slots operating up to 16 hours a day. The pari-mutuels will pay 50% of profits in taxes. But local gambling opponents are gearing up for a recall election.