Broward voters authorize Vegas-style slot machines

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MIAMI - Plans to permit Las Vegas-style slot machines at four pari-mutuel facilities were approved Tuesday by voters in Broward County, but a similar proposal was trailing in Miami-Dade County.

With 805 of 810 Broward precincts reporting, 96,201 votes, or 56 percent, were cast in support of the plan, compared with 75,669 votes, or 44 percent, against the measure.

Early results were considerably different in Miami-Dade, where with 728 of 749 precincts counted, 77,670 votes, or 52 percent, were against the measure, compared with 71,435 votes, or 48 percent, supporting the plan.

Supporters said the plan could create thousands of jobs and pump millions of dollars annually into schools statewide.

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