Greater Boston Video: Anti-Casino Former AG On Casino Repeal Referendum

93 views · Published 24 June 2014 · 9:53 · Indexed 30 October 2026

Channel: GBH News · 2014 · News & Politics

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It's been a lonely fight for opponents of legalized gambling. They lost in 2011 when the Legislature authorized three resort-style casinos. And they lost again last year when Attorney General Martha Coakley rejected a ballot question seeking to overturn the law. But today, anti-casino activists got a big win when the Supreme Judicial Court ruled Coakley got it wrong. That means a repeal referendum will appear on the November ballot, and that puts a major wrench in a process already well underway

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