Video Poker 24/7 - No Video Poker Issues

Video Poker 247 - No Video Poker Issues

Berkeley County is reporting no issues with their video poker games that have been released in the county. They only have a limited number of them, but they are expected to bring in a nice windfall for the county and for the state. Some quotes have the video poker revenue has high has $311,000 just for the remainder of the year.

The video poker machines are being challenged by commissioners in Kanawha and Wood Counties, but Berkeley says that they don’t have any problems with the machines. They say that they have 84 of the video poker games, and not a single complaint has come in about them. Not that there would be anything they could do about it if there were complaints as they say that they don’t have the power to get rid of them even if there were.

The county says that it is up to the West Virginia Lottery Commission to decide where they go and when. They are currently in bars, clubs, restaurants and other such businesses that are owned by Butch Pennington, a local entrepreneur. Pennington says that people like the video poker games and that although that is not what is drawing them into the establishment is certainly isn’t hurting business either.

He says he doesn’t know why other counties want to see the video poker games removed, as revenue from the machines goes to services for senior citizens and scholarships. He says that it seems to be a political issue, not one of substance. He says that if they manage to get rid of the machines, they are also going to be getting rid of a valuable funding source.

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