1.   And if a casino were legalized inside the Garden, demand for a sports book there surely would be next.

2.   Both declined to back a constitutional amendment to legalize casino gambling on reservations.

3.   Addiction experts say that there is very little scientific information on compulsive gambling rates from areas where casinos have been legalized.

4.   Casinos would be legalized, too, under a proposed constitutional amendment filed by state Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston.

5.   Earlier this year, he helped kill a measure to legalize casino gambling, which Bruno had championed.

6.   For years, the efforts to legalize casinos have been defeated by opponents who argue these gambling venues would be havens for prostitution, money laundering and drugs.

7.   Four other senators said they are moderately opposed to legalizing casinos.

8.   Gaming interests argue that by legalizing casinos, cash-strapped areas can generate higher revenues without hiking taxes.

9.   Gambling is paying off in Mississippi, the only other Deep South state to legalize casinos, but the industry is in flux there, too.

10.   Last week, their efforts bore fruit as the state Senate resoundingly rejected a constitutional amendment to legalize casinos.