Texas Man Stops Plan to Bring Gambling to Arkansas
A Texas businessman said today he has stopped his campaign to bring a lottery and casino gambling to Arkansas. Michael Wasserman, owner of Arkansas Resorts and Hotels Incorporated, says he'll try again in 2008.
Wasserman gave up his effort to collect 80,570 signatures necessary to get his proposal on the November ballot. Wasserman said he decided to stop the campaign because of his sister's death from a heart attack last month. The attorney general's office in March had certified language for Wasserman's proposed ballot title.
The proposal included building and operating casinos in Boone,Crittenden, Garland, Jefferson, Miller, Pulaski and Sebastian counties. It also would create a statewide lottery.
They can't bring casinos to Arkansas. True, it would lower taxes and create revenue that is needed. But nobody is going to want to build casinos where no smoking is allowed.
June 23, 2006
Posted By James Stevenson
Staff Editor, CasinoGamblingWeb.com
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