included two resort casinos and 3,000 slot machines at the state's four racetracks. DeLeo added that the legislation would add jobs and part of the revenue would be put aside for capital investments for Massachusetts businesses. While Patrick had not stated that he would veto legislation which included slots at racetracks, he had made it clear that he was not in favor of adding slots to the gaming debate. As the debate continued tensions between Patrick and DeLeo grew over the issue of slots in the racetracks, by July 2010 Patrick had called the addition of slots "a no bid contract" that would give a few developers all of the gaming contracts for slots. DeLeo retorted that his plan for expanded gaming was Massachusetts' best way to deal with the revenue shortfalls, and lack of jobs. At this point, a number of groups opposed to the expanded gaming bill had gained a voice on the state level and the whole process began to lose steam. Over the next few months the debate shrank from two casinos and four tracks to two casinos and one track at which point Patrick was still unwilling to compromise. By August, DeLeo had entrenched himself into the position of continuing to push for the bill while simultaneously rejecting any additional compromises. Patrick had rejected the measure, and with the end of the full session and the majority of the Legislature on summer break it became apparent that the bill would not survive. Personal life He is the father of two children, Robbie and Rachele. See also 1991–1992 Massachusetts legislature 1993–1994 Massachusetts legislature 1995–1996 Massachusetts legislature 1997–1998 Massachusetts legislature 1999–2000 Massachusetts legislature 2001–2002 Massachusetts legislature 2003–2004 Massachusetts legislature 2005–2006 Massachusetts legislature 2007–2008 Massachusetts legislature 2009–2010 Massachusetts legislature 2011–2012 Massachusetts legislature 2013–2014 Massachusetts legislature 2015–2016 Massachusetts legislature 2017–2018 Massachusetts legislature 2019–2020 Massachusetts legislature References Further reading External links Massachusetts House page DeLeo profile in The Boston Globe DeLeo profile at Project VoteSmart Voting Record on MassScoreCard 1950 births 21st-century American politicians Living people American people of Italian descent Northeastern University alumni People from Winthrop, Massachusetts Speakers of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Democratic Party members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Suffolk University Law School alumni