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Shelley Berkley: I just want to end this myth about competition. How can anybody claim that the gaming casinos are afraid of competition…

On the recordJune 25, 2008
I just want to end this myth about competition. How can anybody claim that the gaming casinos are afraid of competition and the free market when the tribes are playing by a different set of rules? Talk about unfair competition, the Indians don't pay taxes on their casinos, and that's why they are so successful. So I don't want to hear any nonsense about competition and fear of competition. That's a lie.
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Shelley Berkley
Nevada

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Addressing competition in the gaming industry during a speech.

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