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Added slots fail to halt slide in N.E. gambling

A worker put the finishing touches on a new poker room at Mohegan Sun, part of the casino's $925 million expansion. A worker put the finishing touches on a new poker room at Mohegan Sun, part of the casino's $925 million expansion. (Jessica Hill/Associated Press)
By Sean P. Murphy
Globe Staff / August 29, 2008

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Soaring gas prices, job losses, and other components of New England's struggling economy have taken a bite out of slot machine revenues, resulting in the first significant, sustained dip in the region's gambling market since Connecticut opened its tribal casinos in the 1990s. (Full article: 980 words)

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