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Article: Pataki, Silver Agree on This -- Borscht Belt Ready for Betting

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Douglas Feiden
Forward
06-02-1995
Pataki, Silver Agree on This -- Borscht Belt Ready for Betting.

NEW YORK -- Dice tables, roulette wheels, one-arm bandits and high-roller parlors for baccarat or chemin de fer may be bound for the Borscht Belt in the next few years, where they could help save the dying resort hotels patronized by a century of Jewish vacationers.

A proposal to legalize casino gambling in resort communities in upstate New York is being supported by both Governor Pataki and Assembly Speaker Silver and is expected to pass the state Legislature as early as this month with both Republican and Democratic support, the Forward has learned. At the same time, an owner of the Pines ...

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