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Certain factions in New Hampshire are determined to bring slot machines to the state.  “Fix it now New Hampshire” has to be the best organized effort to attain slot machines in the state today.  , “We have joined forces with Millennium gaming, of Las Vegas, Nevada, and have formed a coalition for the sole purpose of bringing limited gaming to Rockingham Park.” said Chuck Rolecek, the “Fix it now New Hampshire” chairman.

If New Hampshire manages to legalize slot machines, Millennium has pledged to invest $450 million in Rockingham Park.  New Hampshire stands to generate a lot of revenue from the slot machines but that really depends on several factors: state tax rates, regional competition, and the number of slot machines allowed in the state. 

“Given reasonable assumptions we estimate the introduction of limited gaming to Rockingham Park would generate up to $200 million in annual revenue to the state of New Hampshire,” said Ed Callahan, President and General Manager of Rockingham Park. 

Slot machines could be very beneficial in New Hampshire as the state faces budget shortfall well above a quarter billion dollars.

“It's more acceptable than an increase in property taxes, it's more acceptable than an increase in business taxes, and it is certainly more acceptable than enacting a sales or broad-based income tax,” said Rolecek.

There are several opponents to slot machines that doubt the ability of slot machines to solve the financial problems facing the state. 

“They're gonna give us limited gambling but they're gonna raise two hundred million dollars and give it to the state, which means their profits have to be somewhere in the half a billion dollar range,” said Hooksett Republican Representative David Hess.

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