Gambling Bill Set for House
26th January 2007

Odds are this year’s table gambling bill will be introduced Tuesday in the West Virginia House of Delegates.

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Gambling bill fight intensifies with disagreement on table games taxes
25th January 2007

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.

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Gambling operation revealed
15th December 2006

A McDowell County pharmacist under federal indictment on money laundering and gambling charges spoke freely to undercover Internal Revenue Service agents about how he ran the gambling operation and skimmed profits from his drug store, a federal search warrant affidavit unsealed Thursday revealed.

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Table games stir up already unusual election season
24th September 2006

West Virginia’s racetracks have likely changed the fortunes of several legislative candidates by injecting their quest for casino table games into the general election season.

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Penn National Gaming to Acquire Site for Temporary Gaming Facility in Bangor, Maine
14th Apr 2005 - Newswire

Penn National Gaming, Inc. (PENN) announced today that its subsidiary, Bangor Historic Track, Inc. (BHT), has agreed to acquire an off-track betting facility in Bangor, Maine which Penn National intends to use, pending regulatory approval, as a temporary gaming facility for approximately 475 slot machines.

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Slots Of Other States Eyeing PA Gambling
11th Apr 2005 - Philadelphia Daily News

PENNSYLVANIA'S entry into the lucrative gaming industry has prompted surrounding states to ponder the potential for lost profits.

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Slots Put Town On Track
11th Apr 2005 - Cincinnati Enquirer

Once-thriving, now battered industrial towns line the banks of the Ohio River. More than 14,000 manufacturing jobs in four counties have been lost since 1980. Art deco department stores, auto dealerships and off-street storefronts shut down long ago.

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