"Without public ceremony, [West Virginia] Gov. Joe Manchin signed into law a bill authorizing county option elections for casino-style table games at the state’s four racetracks Wednesday afternoon — one of numerous bills he signed in the privacy of the governor’s office."
"Opponents of gambling would have stood a better chance of defeating table games if a vote had been held statewide, McCoy said. But the bill Gov. Joe Manchin signed...gave only voters in Hancock, Ohio, Kanawha and Jefferson counties the right to decide whether their racetracks should become full-blown casinos."
"John Carey of the West Virginia Values Coalition, said he was disappointed Manchin had signed the bill...He said he was particularly concerned by findings in the legislation that declare that racetrack table games are in 'the best interest of the state.'
'With the governor’s signature, we have clearly elevated table games to the level of issues like health care or the education of our children,' he said."
Still, at least the good folk of West Virginia are spared the horrors of Internet poker, eh?
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Spare a thought for America's newspaper readers, now that casino dealers are talking of joining a union. The scope for cheesy cliche at the hands of a newsdesk's Mr Trite is just too horrible to contemplate - "getting round the table with management", "cutting a deal", "putting their cards on the table".
I can see a journalist getting killed here; I really can.
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