Add Tables and Eliminate Gambling Parlors

With all the talk of adding table games to the existing slot machines, some think that West Virginia should be looking at ways to change the system instead of add to it. They aren’t saying not to add the table games, but to replace the mini casinos with them instead.

The racetracks have been trying for years to get table games added to the slot machines that the state already has. However, year after year the proposals have been rejected as voters and legislators are not interested in expanding gambling. But now the state says that they need table games to supplement the slot machines in the state. Because other states are adding slot machines, West Virginia is afraid that they will start losing their slot machine revenue – revenue that they have come to depend upon. If that revenue starts to drop, the residents of West Virginia are going to be looking at some shortages.

So why not change the rules somewhat and give the racetracks their table games, while removing some of the more unsightly parts of gambling. Many have wanted to see the mini-casinos that the state has allowed to go away. The corner slot machines are there just to take money from those that can truly least afford it, so why not rid the state of them?

Many think that the state has a great opportunity to do some good and get rid of the corner slot machines, while bringing in the table games to supplement the lost income. The state Legislature just has to agree to it.

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