Adding Table Games to Slot Machines is a Mistake

With all of the pushing to legalize slot machines, and now table games, in West Virginia, it is a widely held belief in the state that they may be moving forward too fast. The Lottery Commission is already saying that they are prepared to regulate any table games that are authorized, and they say that they have been ready for years. That means that they have been pushing to give the slot machines a little company for a while now.

If table games are added to slot machines, they would be placed at the state’s four racetracks, as that is where the legislature believes would be the best place for them. The voters in the counties where the racetracks are located would be the ones voting to see if they approve such an addition – but many in the other counties say that they should have a say as to whether or not West Virginia takes the big step and authorizes table games in their state.

For all of those opposed to expanding gambling past slot machines in the state that don’t live in those counties, they are left to hope that the voters in the other counties make the right decision, but if they don’t there is nothing they can do about it. Those opposed to the slot machines say that they are aware that gambling is legalized in West Virginia – they say they know that slot machines exist. But they say that to add table games to the list would be foolhardy and detrimental to the state.

Proponents say that the amount of economic benefits and tax revenue far outweigh the amount that the social ills will cost the state. Opponents say that the legislature is disregarding the negative impact that adding table games to slot machines will have on the state. They say it doesn’t matter that it is in select locations, for the social ills will affect the whole state.

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