Gov. Martin O'Malley's long-term plans for balancing the books rest on the state's voters, who will be asked about seven months from now to approve a referendum clearing the way for up to 15,000 legal slot machines in Maryland, up to 4,250 of them in Anne Arundel County.
Polls keep showing a majority of Marylanders supporting slots, at least for now. But the multibillion-dollar gambling industry knows that such referendums usually...
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