RI restores funds for gambling addiction program

Published August 9, 2012 7:06pm ET



PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island will again fund a treatment program for compulsive gamblers, state legislative leaders announced Thursday, reversing a decision that earlier this year eliminated state support for the 11-year-old initiative.

House Speaker Gordon Fox and Senate President Teresa Paiva Weed said they will direct $50,000 in legislative grants to the program operated by psychologists at Rhode Island Hospital. The Newport Grand and Twin River slot parlors also announced they will contribute another $50,000 for a total funding level of $100,000.

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