Am i SOL for B&M play?

[Dennerman]

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Depending upon which part of the state you're in and if they pass table games outside of Charleston, WV on Saturday, you could be 4.5 hrs or so away (if you're in say Charlotte). Still not great but better than 12.

I hoping for it to pass so I'll only be about 2.5 hrs away. Though this is all assuming they end up running a good poker room and are able to spread mid-limit games (I don't play much no limit).

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Very sorry to let you know that the referendum was voted down in June. It will be another two years before they can get it put back on the ballot. It passed in at least two other places in WV though, none close, but hopefully that will add pressure or influence in a couple years when they try again. I was really, really, really looking forward to a casino setting closer to me than the 3 hour AC drive. I was doing some research and apparently it took AC several tries on the referendums to pass gambling there back in the day too.

http://thegarmans.org
"Jefferson County - Charles Town (Charlestown Races & slots):
Failed 5,626 to 4,429.

Speculation is that the referendum failed mostly because of proposed budget allocations. Proponents have stated that they will revisit the budget and seek
another referendum."

[VTJon]

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Very sorry to let you know that the referendum was voted down in June. It will be another two years before they can get it put back on the ballot. It passed in at least two other places in WV though, none close, but hopefully that will add pressure or influence in a couple years when they try again. I was really, really, really looking forward to a casino setting closer to me than the 3 hour AC drive. I was doing some research and apparently it took AC several tries on the referendums to pass gambling there back in the day too.

http://thegarmans.org
"Jefferson County - Charles Town (Charlestown Races & slots):
Failed 5,626 to 4,429.



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Actually, that's CHARLES TOWN, WV. Which is different than the capital which is Charleston, WV. There is one remaining county to vote in West Virginia. The county is Kanawha County which Charleston sits in I believe. The actual casino is about 15 miles west of Charleston. It's called Tri-State Racetrack & Gaming Center. They did not vote with everybody else because of some procedural problems. They decided to postpone the vote until August 11th. The economic situation is a little worse there than in Charles Town so hopefully it will pass.

http://www.news-register.net/page/co...87.html?isap=1

[Dennerman]

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Actually, that's CHARLES TOWN, WV. Which is different than the capital which is Charleston, WV.

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I stand corrected, thanks for the good info.

[MicroBob]

right, that's the one that was remaining in WV that I was referring too.

This casino could potentially do quite decently if they pass table-games because of the aforementioned total lack of options if you're in the far east part ofthe southeast.

I suspect a lot of NC and eastern Tenn types would be making this trek to the relative boonies of WV.
Of course, it would be up to the racetrack/casino to make it reasonably attractive.

[RacersEdge]

What is the state of poker in FL now? They just allowed like 1/2 NL but only at dogtracks with a max buy-in or something like that?