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Sam Martin is upset that the state took his video poker machines. He says that gambling is already allowed in the state, so why can’t they have the video poker machines back? The state runs a lottery – so where is the difference?

He says that he has never actually played a video poker machine, but knows the revenue that could come from such a source. He wants to get rid of his county’s property taxes by bringing in video poker machines to subsidize the amount needed.

He has already gotten 15% of the registered voters needed to get it on the ballot, so he is hoping that his fellow Newberry residents see the good that could come from legalizing the video poker machines.

However, when he went to the County Election office, they would not accept his petitions and Martin claims to have been escorted out of the building. County Administrator Wayne Adams says that they would have accepted the petition had it been for a legal activity. Adams says that Martin is looking to have them vote on video poker machines which the state made illegal and that trumps what the county might want to do.

Martin says that with the state running the lottery and churches having gambling, video poker should be legal for the rest of them as well. Martin has not finished fighting, though, and believes that some day he will get them to listen to him and legalize the video poker machines again.

 

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