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Under the racino regulation bill approved in a first reading by the House Monday:

• For every $1 gambled, 89 cents would be returned to players in winnings.

• The state would keep 1 percent (estimated at $8.2 million by 2007) for regulatory oversight.

• Of the remaining 10 percent in proceeds (an estimated $82.4 million by 2007), 61 percent would go to Bangor Historic Racetrack owner Penn National and 39 percent (an estimated $32.1 million by 2007) would be split the following way:

• 3 percent to the General Fund for a regulatory oversight board and for gambling addiction counseling

• 13 percent to horse owners/racers to supplement their race winnings and to the Sire Stakes Fund

• 3 percent to state agricultural fairs

• 10 percent to help seniors buy prescription drugs

• 3 percent to college scholarships; 2 percent to the University of Maine, 1 percent to the Maine Community College System

• 4 percent to Scarborough Downs

• 2 percent to off-track betting facilities

• 1 percent to Bangor

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