Prince George City Council Approves Slot Machines

The Prince George City Council approved a request for additional slot machines from the Treasure Cove Casino. After three hours of listening to the pros and cons of the slot machine addition, the council felt it was in the best interest of both the city and the casino to get the additional slot machines and the revenue that would come with them.

The addition of the slot machines would be bringing in jobs – both permanent in the casino and temporary construction jobs, and it would bring in around $1 million in slot machine revenue for the area. Most of the people who had sent in letters or showed up were in support of the additional slot machines, and among them were residents that lived near the existing slot machine casino.

John Major, owner of the Treasure Cove said that the additional slot machines will fill a need, as he has more clients than the existing slot machines can handle now. He said that by adding more slot machines they would bring in more clients and thus more tourism for the area. He said that he supports downtown, and the addition of the slot machines would only make that easier to do.

He said he would be adding the new show lounge before he added the slot machines, plus he had a list of things that he would be doing for the area as well. He would support a performing arts center, he would be building a new soundproof wall for neighbors as well as planting them trees, and he would be adding a new Responsible Gambling Information Center to the casino as well to get those that need it help.

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