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State may take over OTB as city washes its hands

State officials are scrambling to find a way to keep the lights on in the city's 68 Off-Track Betting Parlors, with just days left to negotiate a compromise.

Gov. David Paterson Wednesday refused to rule out a state takeover of the agency after Mayor Michael Bloomberg said that Sunday--Father's Day--was the absolute last day OTBs in the city would remain open without a change in the city/state...

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