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Calhoun County has sixteen "gray" poker machines, according to a
report issued by
Gov. Bob Wise, who requested police make a
study. The initial report
says there
are over 12,000 of the gambling devices in
West Virginia.
Government and police have generally ignored
the gray machines for
many years,
because they fall into a "gray" area of
enforcement. State Senate
President Earl Ray
Tomblyn and his family have been described
among the largest
operators of the
machines, until they sold their interests.
Governor Wise wants to tax the machines
making them legal to
generate money for
college bound West Virginia children, or make
them illegal instruments,
with millions
of dollars of revenue at stake.
The list of gray machines was compiled by the West Virginia Alcohol
Beverage Control
Administration.
You may read a county by county list by clicking
below.
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