R.I. fights to keep dog racing

Charleston Daily Mail | July 13, 2009| | Copyright

LINCOLN, R.I. - Greyhound tracks are folding across the country, but in cash-strapped Rhode Island - where the unemployment rate is among the nation's worst - lawmakers are betting on the dogs to save jobs.

Rhode Island legislators are fighting to expand greyhound racing, an increasingly outdated and unprofitable sport that has been squeezed out by newer forms of gambling. Over the objection of Gov. Don Carcieri, lawmakers have moved to force a bankrupt, state- licensed slot parlor to run 200 days of live racing at its greyhound track even though current law requires only 125.

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