ROANOKE TIMES 

                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, December 3, 1993                   TAG: 9312030213
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-3   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: NORFOLK                                LENGTH: Short

CAN RIVERBOAT CASINOS KEEP STATE AFLOAT?

Riverboat gambling in Virginia could create 24,000 jobs, revive the state's shipbuilding industry and generate $123 million a year in state and local taxes, advocates of the floating casinos said Thursday.

The Virginia Riverboat Council, a consortium of cruise ship owners and others seeking to profit from riverboat gambling, promoted the idea at a news conference.

A bill to authorizing a referendum on riverboat gambling was killed by a House of Delegates committee last year. The bill's sponsor, Del. Jerrauld Jones, D-Norfolk, plans to try again in the legislative session that begins in January.

- Associated Press 


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