AUSTIN – Gambling advocates, dangling the prospect of new money to help close the state's gigantic budget gap, see a good chance for expansion when the Legislature returns next month. Blocked before in their efforts, supporters have focused again on big benefits: slot machines at racetracks that eventually could bring in an extra $1 billion yearly tax revenue; Las Vegas-style casinos that would pump up local economies with new revenue and jobs.
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