State to Close Casinos if Budget Negotiations Fail
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As the state government shutdown threatened to close Atlantic City’s casinos, Gov. Jon Corzine said state lawmakers must report to the statehouse in Trenton today and stay until they adopt a budget.
Corzine called for a special session of the Legislature after negotiations with opponents of his proposed sales tax increase failed yet again.
Barring a breakthrough, the state planned to force the 12 casinos to stop taking bets as of 8 a.m. Wednesday because they cannot operate without state gambling monitors, and those workers are not deemed “essential” employees who are paid during a government shutdown.
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