(AP) -- INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Ohio voters have approved the opening of
casinos in Toledo and three other cities, leaving officials and
gambling interests in neighboring Indiana and Michigan worried that
millions of dollars in gambling revenues - and taxes - are at risk.
Indiana's casinos pay more than $900 million in state and local
taxes annually. A report released last month by the Indiana
Legislative Services Agency predicts the competition in Ohio will
lead to the state losing more than $100 million of that slice of
the gambling pie.
Any loss of casino tax revenue will also hurt Detroit and
Michigan, which already face towering budget deficits. The state
took a $121 million share of the Detroit casinos' $1.36 billion in
revenues last year.
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Goodman is based in Detroit.
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