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Businessman James Weiss agreed to pay monthly bribes to two state legislators to benefit his venture into sweepstakes gaming machines, federal prosecutors told jurors.
Weiss is accused of bribing former state legislators Luis Arroyo and Terry Link to advance legislation in the General Assembly related to unregulated gambling devices known as sweepstakes machines.
James Weiss stands accused of bribing two Democratic lawmakers in an effort to shield his fledgling business from threatened bans at the state and local levels.