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Penn National Gaming and Boyd Gaming, which operate casinos in Louisiana and Mississippi, also sent lobbyists to the Baton Rouge capital to urge lawmakers to reject allowing a casino in Slidell. But a majority of state lawmakers opted to instead let the people in St. Tammany decide.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The legislative effort was not without controversy. The wife of Sen. Gary Smith (D-Norco), the state politician who cast the tiebreaking vote to pass the Slidell casino referendum while in the Senate Judiciary Committee, lobbied on behalf of P2E. But Smith said he was unaware of her current clients, but even if he had known, that would not have impacted his vote.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Residents in Louisiana’s St. Tammany Parish will decide whether to authorize a $250 million casino resort in Slidell during the November 13 election. After months of political jockeying, lobbying, and confrontational public meetings between casino proponents and religious opposition, the Louisiana Senate approved House Bill 702 with a 23-14 vote. The House had earlier passed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":175825,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,13],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
St. Tammany Residents to Vote on Louisiana Casino During Election<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n