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Oct 8 2011
The taxes could generate $100 million in annual local aid, but that would possibly be only enough to prevent a decrease in state aid that would result from declining sales at the Lottery, said Michael J. Widmer, president of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation. Despite numerous studies on the issue, no one knows for sure how much in lottery sales will be siphoned by casinos and slot machines, Widmer said.
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