West Virginia may get table games

I will have to say that West Virginia is progressive when it comes to gaming. There is a bill that would allow the tracks in WV to have table games. This bill is in response to PA getting slots. I wish other states (KY and Ohio) would follow WV. Other sources of purse revenue has helped WV racing over the past decade. It is good to see the state trying to make racing a good product.

[tycharles01]

Where in WV can you bet on horses?? Other than Mountineer?? Any OTB's or dog tracks up that way

I am headed up there in April and always nice to play some

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by tycharles01

Where in WV can you bet on horses?? Other than Mountineer?? Any OTB's or dog tracks up that way

I am headed up there in April and always nice to play some

There's a dog track in Charleston.....I know, I stopped there while driving to Lexington for NYC. Also, isn't Charles Town in West Virginia?

[ddthetide]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

There's a dog track in Charleston.....I know, I stopped there while driving to Lexington for NYC. Also, isn't Charles Town in West Virginia?

Charles Town is WV. there is an exit for it off I81 but it's still out of the way.

[Rudeboyelvis]

Considering the disasterous condition of the state's economy, they have to stay ahead of their neighbors to keep the bus loads of cash coming in. I don't have the exact figures, but you would be amazed at what percentage the revenue from slots, dogs, and horses represents in the overall picture of the state's total income. Scary, really.

[liebermans]

Dog track in Wheeling is Wheeling Downs----offers just about every thoroughbred, harness and dog track.

[Rudeboyelvis]

Originally Posted by tycharles01

Where in WV can you bet on horses?? Other than Mountineer?? Any OTB's or dog tracks up that way

I am headed up there in April and always nice to play some

No OTB's...yet. Mountaineer and Charles Town are the two thoroughbred tracks, though it's hard to consider CT in WV...in the eastern panhandle, it's closer to DC and Baltimore than it is anything relavent in the state.

As BTW mentioned, for dog tracks, Cross Lanes (between Charleston and Huntington) and one up near Wheeling (can't think of the name off hand) which is not all that far from Mountaineer.

[estreetposse]

Originally Posted by tycharles01

Where in WV can you bet on horses?? Other than Mountineer?? Any OTB's or dog tracks up that way

I am headed up there in April and always nice to play some

well believe it or not it's kind of a wide open state so your gonna have to clarify what part of the state your headed to.

Mountaineer is in the upper pan-handle near Pitt. i believe.
Wheeling Downs: home of the $3 perfecta (dog track) is upstate as well also near Pitt.
Cross Lanes (dog track) is in Charleston, WV: 40 miles or so from the WV-KY-OH border
Charles Town is in Ranson, WV about 60 miles outside of Washington DC
No OTB's that i know of

This table game thing has been long proposed thing, around 2-3 years ago when i was at school (Marshall University, about 10 miles from the KY border and 2 miles from the OH border) they wanted to put a casino in downtown Huntington near the Marshall campus, it got shot down. If any state needs the revenue it's WV. I believe it's one of the poorest states in the US next to Mississippii, believe it or not who has all kinds of casinos. Closest casino is about 10 miles past L'Ville in Indiana (which is around 220 miles from Huntington), Ceasars on the Ohio River. Indiana also has another casino some where further north. Personally, i wouldn't want see the state get the table license, but they could use the money. Like i said this was a proposed issue a couple years ago, why it would get passed now with how well the slots are already doing is beyond me


-bt-

Originally Posted by -BT-

Closest casino is about 10 miles past L'Ville in Indiana (which is around 220 miles from Huntington), Ceasars on the Ohio River. Indiana also has another casino some where further north.

-bt-

Argosa, Belgera and Grand Vic are closer to Huntington than Caesars. They're right next to Cincy.

[estreetposse]

Originally Posted by Pillow Pants

Argosa, Belgera and Grand Vic are closer to Huntington than Caesars. They're right next to Cincy.

True, but i want no part of traveling anywhere in the state of OHIO, cops there are notorious for pulling people over for going 56 in a 55, and it also makes no sense to drive to Lexington then (which is 110+ miles) then take 75 North, which in the end is around the same distance to get to L'ville.

Plus, i have never made the trip solely to head to Ceasars, its always been a detour whenever im near Churchill. But i would gladly drive the extra 40 miles to stay on 64 West.


-bt-