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Show Texas Ranks First in Slot Machines; Vashingfon Second WASHINGTON The internal revenue rev-enue bureau in its report for the year which ended June 30 said Texas Tex-as far exceeded any other state in the number of establishments paying pay-ing federal taxes last year to operate oper-ate slot machines. Out of 66.278 such establishments in the United States and its territories, terri-tories, 8.134 were in Texas. In second place was Washington with 6,749, followed by California with 5,760 and Illinois with 5,366. Kentucky had 1,618. Vermont has only seven. The federal tax on "coin-operated gaming devices" is $100 per device. |