Sentence examples for casino issues from inspiring English sources

State Senator John J. Bonacic, a Republican from Orange County, is chairman of two committees that deal with casino issues — the Judiciary Committee and the Racing, Gaming and Wagering Committee.

On Thursday, Gov. John G. Rowland, a Republican who has for years kept a judiciously low profile on casino issues, said that he supported the moratorium and that any more casinos would adversely affect many Connecticut residents.

The casino issue is still hanging fire.

"We feel it was a backlash based on the casino issue," he said.

"I want to say clearly, there was no discussion of the casino issue," he said.

The casino issue was not the only one being settled during the last days of the legislative session.

On Wednesday, Mr. Smith said that the incoming board had yet to decide whether the tribe would change direction on the casino issue.

The casino issue is an immensely complicated one, much debated not only on Long Island but in Albany, where Gov. George E. Pataki has declared himself opposed.

The biggest change made to the bill involves giving voters a say on the casino issue, a tactic that could make it more difficult for lawmakers to oppose it.

Mr. Grimaldi has testified that Mr. Trump later hired him, paying him $3,000 to $4,000 a month to monitor the casino issue in Bridgeport and gain him access to Mr. Ganim.

"I'll guarantee you that if there was no casino issue, no one would care less," said Kevin A. McBride, a professor of anthropology at the University of Connecticut and the director of research at the Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center, which is financed by the tribe's Foxwoods Casino in southeastern Connecticut.