
Video Poker 247
- Fight For Your Right for Video Poker
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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