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Kanawha slot change has to wait

13 September 2007

News Brief: Kanawha, West Virginia, lawmakers say any action to scale back neighborhood slots parlors is at least three years away.

Mega Millions jackpot reaches $330 million

31 August 2007

With an estimated $330 million jackpot, the Mega Millions game is living up to its name and generating mega-excitement in Virginia.

West Virginia tracks want to open 24hrs

30 August 2007

News Brief: West Virginia's four racetracks presently are asking the West Virginia Lottery Commission for permission to stay open 24 hours a day, seven days a week

Wheeling Island track hires dealers

17 August 2007

News Brief: Officials at Wheeling Island Racetrack and Gaming Center have hired their first card dealers for future table gambling operations.

Unopened table game ballots found

14 August 2007

News Brief: Two Kanawha County officials disagree over the latest twist in the still-undecided referendum to allow table games at Tri-State Racetrack and Gaming Center in Nitro.

Track official: New table game bill unlikely

14 August 2007

News Brief: A Charles Town racetrack official said he thinks Jefferson County’s chance for a better table games bill is still slim to none, following an unofficial gaming victory in Kanawha County last weekend.

Kansas vote results delayed

13 August 2007

News Brief: Folks who support casino-style table games in Kanawha County, West Virginia, and those who oppose them, might have to wait for several weeks to know the final outcome of the too-close-to-call referendum Saturday.

West Virginia track owners pour money into campaign

9 August 2007

News Brief: Owners of Tri-State Racetrack and Gaming Center can’t yet say how much they’ve spent on advertising for Saturday’s vote on table games.

Track owners fight history

31 July 2007

News Brief: Tri-State Racetrack & Gaming Center officials contend they should not be held accountable today for what happened two decades ago under different ownership.

Underage servers face job loss

26 July 2007

News Brief: About 100 under-21 employees at West Virginia's two Northern Panhandle racetracks faced prospects of losing their jobs later this year, through an unintended consequence of the new law allowing casino-style table games.

West Virginia months away from table games

26 July 2007

News Brief: It will be take four to six months before the West Virginia Lottery Commission will be ready to regulate table games at the state’s two Northern Panhandle racetracks, Lottery Director John Musgrave said Wednesday.

West Virginia table games gets the vote

3 July 2007

MTR Gaming Group, Inc. reports the passage on June 30th of the local referendum in Hancock County, WV, allowing the Company's Mountaineer Race Track & Gaming Resort in Chester, WV to add table games at its facility.

Table game foes go to court

19 June 2007

News Brief: A group that has fought plans to add table games to West Virginia's racetrack casinos said today it will ask a federal court to overturn a state law allowing four local elections on the issue.

W. Virginia counties vote for table games

11 June 2007

News Brief: Voters in West Virginia's Jefferson and Ohio counties have already determined if they will permit table games at their local gaming centers, and Hancock County voters will decide later this month.

West Virignia casino debate continues

11 June 2007

News Brief: Jefferson County's casino table games referendum is over, but the level of debate stayed high Sunday as a Charles Town Races & Slots official lashed out at opponents.

West Virignia casino stick with live dealers

5 June 2007

News Brief: Executives of the West Virginia tracks say they're not interested in games with virtual dealers.

Another W. Virginia table gaming bill unlikely

31 May 2007

News Brief: Jefferson County, West Virginia, voters hoping to get a bigger share of table games revenue by holding out for a different bill from the state Legislature could be disappointed.

West Virginia gambling donations up

28 May 2007

News Brief: Gaming interests made more political donations during the 2006 election cycle than ever before, according to an analysis released Friday by the West Virginia People’s Election Reform Coalition.

West Virginia table game votes jeopardized

16 May 2007

News Brief: Kanawha and Hancock counties failed to satisfy a requirement to advertise a special election to decide table games at least 30 days before the balloting, the secretary of state’s office confirmed Tuesday.

West Virginia casino vote approved

4 April 2007

News Brief: The Ohio County Commission on Tuesday approved the ballot for the June 9 special election that will determine if Wheeling Island Racetrack and Gaming Center will be permitted to have table gambling.

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