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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.

West Virginia table gaming referendum bill signed

22 March 2007

MTR Gaming Group, Inc. reports that Governor Joe Manchin signed a bill providing for local referenda by which each of the four West Virginia counties having racetracks may authorize table gaming at that county's racetrack.

West Virginia table gambling bill passes

8 March 2007

ews Brief: Legislation that would allow county votes on table gambling at West Virginia’s four racetracks is now awaiting Gov. Joe Manchin’s signature.

West Virginia senate approves table gambling

6 March 2007

News Brief: The West Virginia Senate today approved table gambling legislation by a vote of 20 to 13.

West Virginia tracks tax may rise

2 March 2007

News Brief: West Virginia’s racetracks would pay an additional 1 percent of net profits for the privilege of offering table gambling under legislation passed Thursday out of the Senate Finance Committee.

WV table gambling bill leaps ahead

23 February 2007

News Brief: The West Virginia table gambling legislation, House Bill 2718, passed the Senate Judiciary Committee by voice vote Thursday — but not before committee members altered how tax dollars from table gambling would be allocated.

W.V. gambling bill introduced

20 February 2007

News Brief: State senators are expected to take up a bill to legalize table games at West Virginia’s four racetracks this week, and industry lobbyists hope they will scale back what would be the nation’s highest tax rate for casino gambling.

W.V. expanded gambling bill moves ahead

16 February 2007

ews Brief: A bill to authorize local referendum elections on casino-style table games in the four counties with racetracks moved one step closer to passage in the House of Delegates Thursday.

West Virginia gambling expansion debate begins again

8 February 2007

News Brief: The House Judiciary Committee may take up the issue of table games at West Virginia racetracks as early as Feb. 8.

West Virginia gambling revenue plan proposed

6 February 2007

News Brief: The state’s take on any prospective table gambling revenue should be used to pay off West Virginia’s pension debts, said House Majority Leader Joe DeLong, D-Hancock.

West Virginia gambling battle begins

31 January 2007

News Brief: Heading into the second third of this legislative session, the casino gambling war officially is on, and West Virginia’s opposition forces wasted no time Tuesday with words and threats.

West Virginia gambling battles heats up

25 January 2007

News Brief: The West Virginia gambling battle is getting even more tangled as the administration has asked for more financial returns than the gambling promoters want to pay.

Casino opposition fires first shot

22 January 2007

News Brief: No bill has emerged yet from the drafting office, but one opposition group fired the opening salvo last week in what could be a divisive war this winter over casino-style gambling in West Virginia.

West Virginia casino legislation to be introduced

19 January 2007

News Brief: A slow starting West Virginia legislative session may heat up by the end of next week, when proponents of casino-style gambling introduce their legislation.

West Virginia gaming referendum planned

17 January 2007

ews Brief: Voters in Kanawha, Jefferson, Ohio and Hancock counties would have the option to decide the table games issue at the polls.

West Virginia gambling debate heats up

5 January 2007

News Brief: The debate over whether table gambling should be allowed at West Virginia's four racetracks might come down to who gets to vote on the decision, a group of panelists said Thursday.

Pittsburgh casino worries W. Virginia casinos

22 December 2006

News Brief: The announcement of a new Pittsburgh casino that could offer up to 5,000 slot machines has some West Virginia gaming advocates fretting.

West Virginia casino vote considered

1 December 2006

ews Brief: An expansion of gambling in Kanawha County, West Virginia, may be decided by local residents.

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