Opponents of New York's big gambling proposal say that calling the terminals lotteries, and not slot machines, is misleading.

City officials expect more gambling proposals to surface if the Sheepshead Bay effort is successful, he said.

The Republican-controlled legislature rebuffed Mr. Rendell's gambling proposal last year, but he cobbled together enough Republican votes to win solid majorities in both houses this time.

The earliest a gambling proposal could go before voters would be the fall of 1995.

The state's across-the-board court victory was praised by Gov. George E. Pataki, who has been counting on the gambling proposals to solve a number of thorny problems.

Voters in the area around Greenville in western Mississippi defeated a gambling proposal two weeks ago.

Along with the gambling proposals, state leaders are trying to hammer out a plan that would add approximately $500 million in spending to the stripped-down $80 billion budget passed in August.

Although the ministers solidly opposed the previous proposals, some prominent ministers are supporting the gambling proposals this year.

The gambling proposal also passed with 60 percent support.

Casinos and other gambling proposals lost out in Ohio, Arkansas, Colorado, Nebraska and Washington.