Texas Looking at Slot Machines

For the past few years there has been a real push to get slot machines legalized in Texas. Those that love to play the slot machines say that they have sat idly by for years while tons of money, millions of dollars, has gone out of the state by the bus load. Other surrounding states are able to offer slot machines at their tracks, and then they send busses over the state line to pick up gamblers for them.

The tracks say that they cannot survive the competition that they are having with the other states. They cannot offer as high of purses as they can, nor can they pay their breeders or trainers as much as they could if the slot machines were at their tracks as well. Now it seems that the legislature might agree with them.

There was new legislation introduced on Tuesday that would allow nine showcase casinos to bring in slot machines in the major cities around the state. This would bring millions of dollars to the state and keep it from going across the border.

However, anti slot machine groups could not have been less happy with the news. Representatives heard from the Baptists who said that bringing in slot machines was a huge problem for the state and that it would add to the slot machine addiction that they currently face over the border. Horse trainers and tracks were also not thrilled with the idea that they could soon be seeing slot machines coming in at casinos, for they want them at their tracks. They say that this would only give them more competition.

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