Jim Murren, CEO of MGM Resorts International, speaks to members of the Rotary Club of Atlanta, Monday, Oct. 3, 2016, in Atlanta. It is the start to a campaign by pro-casino forces to pitch Las Vegas-style gambling as a potential new revenue stream to aid the HOPE Scholarship program. BRANDEN CAMP/SPECIAL
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By Scott Trubey
The debate about casino gambling in Georgia returned in a big way.
On Monday, the Chairman and CEO of casino and hotel giant MGM Resorts International told metro Atlanta business and civic leaders that Las Vegas-style gambling would be an economic engine for the state.
MGM chief Jim Murren’s remarks may preview a renewed — and still uphill — effort in the state legislature to legalize casino gambling.