Gambling Industry Works New Plan to Obtain Table Games
The state's race tracks plan to go straight to the public to press their claims that West Virginia laws should be expanded to permit casino-style gambling in addition to slots at the four tracks. The tracks have failed to convince lawmakers in recent years that the legalization of slot machines at Pennsylvania's tracks makes it imperative that West Virginia be allowed to offer gamblers something extra.
Pennsylvania's slots are expected to go online later this year. If gamblers go elsewhere to spend their money, the industry says West Virginia will lose revenue. Slots generate about $340 million a year for state government, about 10 percent of the total budget. "We did a good job getting the word out in Pennsylvania and Ohio and Virginia, but we have to do something to let the people of West Virginia know what we're trying to do. Maybe then the message will get back to legislators," said John Cavacini, president of the West Virginia Racing Association.
June 15, 2006
Posted By Larry Rutherford
Staff Editor, CasinoGamblingWeb.com
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