Video Poker 24/7 - Kanawha County Recount Emboldens Opposition

Video Poker 247 - Kanawha County Recount Emboldens Opposition

Those that are responsible for the vote being so close in Kanawha County’s special election for table games think that they have a real chance to get gambling out of the state completely. Table games opponents are using the momentum that they have gained over these past few weeks to push for making all gambling illegal in the state of West Virginia.

They believe that if they get the word out on the dangers of not just video poker or table games, but on slots and gambling as well, that they will stand a good chance at getting state residents to overturn gambling laws that have already passed in the state. They say that the Christian and social conservatives have been heard, and they think that many people have not had a chance to truly be heard on the issue.

With a vote difference of 343 for the table games they think that they will be able to use the vote closeness to get people awakened in the state about the dangers of playing and allowing video poker, slot machines, table games, etc. and they can get a referendum on the ballot to make them all illegal.

Mia Moran-Cooper has been one of the most vocal opponents of adding table games to the existing slots, as she was once the head of the program for problem gamblers in the state, so she has seen it first hand how destructive it can be. She says that no matter what poison the gambler chooses, video poker, slot machines, etc. it always ends up the same – in misery and bankruptcy.

She paid for the recount out of money that was donated from the state Council of Churches, and if the vote does not change she will have to ante up. She is obviously hoping for a more brighter future.

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