It looks like we will have poker in WVA by the end of the year... [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
http://wvgazette.com/section/Breaking/000000391
April 05, 2007
Charles Town Races & Slots seeks June 9 table games vote (10:55 am)
The Associated Press
Following the lead of three other West Virginia racetracks, the Charles Town Races & Slots asked Thursday for a June 9 vote on whether to allow blackjack, poker and other table games at its Eastern Panhandle casino.
John Finamore, a vice president with track parent Penn National Gaming Inc., appeared before the Jefferson County Commission to ask that voters there consider the issue on the same day as Ohio, Hancock and Kanawha counties.
The commissions in Ohio and Kanawha counties have already scheduled June 9 votes on whether to allow table games at Wheeling Island Racetrack & Gaming Center and Tri-State Racetrack and Gaming Center in Nitro.
The Hancock County Commission was set to vote Thursday afternoon on the same date for Mountaineer Racetrack & Gaming Resort in Chester.
Finamore said Charles Town has been polling potential voters to decide whether to seek a vote this year or next year and found "very encouraging'' results that indicated it should move soon.
The date is also appealing, he said, because it's a Saturday around the time schools let out for the summer, but before families begin vacations.