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Video Poker 247 - Madigan Pushing for Video Poker

House Speaker Michael Madigan is just one of many that would like to see video poker appearing at a horse track near you. Madigan has proposed a gambling expansion for the state that would bring in video poker and slot machines to riverboats and horse tracks, thus allowing the state to bring in an estimated $1 billion a year from their revenue.

There would be more than 500 video poker and slot machines added to the track if the bill is approved. Residents will have a chance to vote on the video poker and slot proposal if it is passed to the ballot. It would also allow for three addition casinos to be brought into the state as well.

Lawmakers say that the video poker revenue could be used to fix their infrastructure as they just don’t have the additional money to take care of that otherwise. They also say that they need new schools and the video poker revenues would enable them to do that. Chicago’s mass transit system is in need of additional funding as well, and these are all programs that they just don’t have the money in the budget to do.

There are others in the government that believe that the expansion is going to take place one way or another, but they don’t know if this is the way to go about it. They wonder if the addition of so many video poker and slot machines in the state is overkill and likely to do more harm than good. They say that they are willing to approve an expansion of gambling in the state, just perhaps not one so large.

The anti gambling expansion groups say that the addition of this many video poker and slot machines in the state will have a tremendous effect on the number of gambling addicts in the state, and they vow to fight the expansion every step of the way.

 

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