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Racetrack Gambling Tables Advocates Try New Approach in West VirginiaOn Wednesday, racetrack lobbyists revealed their new approach to advocating the introduction of gambling tables at West Virginia tracks: the lobbyists are asking that legislators approve their bill to let the taxpayers in individual counties decide.The gaming industry lobbyists have decided that, given the failure of their previous efforts to allow gambling tables at racetracks using promises of jobs, economic growth, and new tax revenue sources for state coffers, they would try a new tack. The previous legislation passed the 2005 Senate 19-14 but died in a deadlocked House Judiciary Committee meeting. Polls conducted by the racetrack industry have shown that West Virginia residents are divided over the gambling tables issue. However, a large majority do believe that residents of individual racetrack counties should be allowed to vote on whether or not to permit gambling tables. "The issue before the West Virginia Legislature is an issue of county option elections - should voters of particular counties decide?" asked John Cavacini, president of the West Virginia Racing Association, a group that promotes the legalization of gambling tables at racetracks. There are four counties with racetracks in West Virginia: Kanawha, Ohio, Hancock, and Jefferson Counties. aid, the Cowlitz should not be eligible to build a casino game center in his town because they do not have a legitimate historical connection to the area. Their traditional tribal lands, he said, lay 40 miles to the north.
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