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Casino 'local approval' group poll assesses vote drive*

Thursday February 21, 2013 6:01 PM By Dan Janison

The organization New Yorkers for Local Approval of Casinos released a poll commissioned from Joel Benenson that suggests a state constitutional amendment to legalize non-Indian reservation gambling casinos wouldn't succeed without a local-control provision.

*Revised in response to point raised below from whatdoiknow: Taken from this space a week ago:

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