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Friday 14th September 2007
Pennsylvania May Approve Poker
A leading lawmaker in the American state of Pennsylvania has called on colleagues to begin talks on allowing casino games, including poker.
Democratic State House Majority Leader Bill DeWeese told colleagues at a special committee meeting concerning his proposed table game bill that, although a table game initiative probably wouldn’t pass at the moment, it’s not too early to be thinking and talking about one.
Last November, Pennsylvania became one of the many states in the US to allow establishments to have slot machines. The eastern state currently has 14 such establishments with 34 percent of the revenue going into the public coffer.
This summer, voters in neighbouring West Virginia, which has several slots parlours and racetracks with slots in counties that border on Pennsylvania and Ohio, approved table games in two of the four counties that host gambling establishments. The casino owners there started the legislative ball rolling as soon as Pennsylvania decided to allow slot machines several years ago by claiming that, in order to stay competitive with Pennsylvania, table games were imperative.
Source:OnlineCasinoNews
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