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*If* our elected leaders on Beacon Hill want to make a statement on how gaming will be run in Massachusetts then banning ATMs would send a clear and decisive signal.  And, while we are at it, let’s really go big:  no alcohol on the gaming floor as the symbiotic relationship between pathological gambling and alcohol abuse is well documented.  

Barney Frank's case for casinos was not only not a case for casinos, it wasn't a case for Massachusetts brand of liberalism.