Legalize Sweepstakes In NC
- av: NC Voters For Legal Sweepstakes
- mottagare: North Carolina State Legislature
We, the undersigned do hereby respectfully petition the North Carolina Legislature not only to consider discussion on this issue but call this issue to the floors of both the house and senate for but for a timely vote for legalization:
North Carolina lawmakers were asked on Tuesday, July 7, 2009 to legalize video poker again in North Carolina, two years after the Legislature enacted a complete ban that since been threatened by legal challenges.
A House judiciary panel debated but took no vote on the measure, which would make video gambling machines lawful again, require $200 annual fees and make operators pay 20 percent of the money in the machines to the state.
Half of that income -- estimated by the industry at $480 million -- would go to poor school districts, while the rest would give a needed boost to the state's empty revenue coffers.
"We want to remove this cloud from our industry," said Chase Brooks of Alamance County, a spokesman for the Entertainment Group of North Carolina and owner of dozens of machines that offer cash and prizes. "We want taxation. We want regulation. We want complete oversight over what we do."
North Carolina lawmakers could soon be left with no choice but to revisit the ban after a Superior Court judge in February ruled North Carolina couldn't prohibit video poker machines in much of the state while allowing the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians to operate the same games.
In West Virginia, where video poker and slot machines have been licensed for eight years, they generated $411 million in state revenue during the last fiscal year.
Legalizing machines again would also generate or save 35,000 jobs in the amusement machine industry, as well as at bars and convenience stores where they used to operate.
North Carolina lawmakers were asked on Tuesday, July 7, 2009 to legalize video poker again in North Carolina, two years after the Legislature enacted a complete ban that since been threatened by legal challenges.
A House judiciary panel debated but took no vote on the measure, which would make video gambling machines lawful again, require $200 annual fees and make operators pay 20 percent of the money in the machines to the state.
Half of that income -- estimated by the industry at $480 million -- would go to poor school districts, while the rest would give a needed boost to the state's empty revenue coffers.
"We want to remove this cloud from our industry," said Chase Brooks of Alamance County, a spokesman for the Entertainment Group of North Carolina and owner of dozens of machines that offer cash and prizes. "We want taxation. We want regulation. We want complete oversight over what we do."
North Carolina lawmakers could soon be left with no choice but to revisit the ban after a Superior Court judge in February ruled North Carolina couldn't prohibit video poker machines in much of the state while allowing the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians to operate the same games.
In West Virginia, where video poker and slot machines have been licensed for eight years, they generated $411 million in state revenue during the last fiscal year.
Legalizing machines again would also generate or save 35,000 jobs in the amusement machine industry, as well as at bars and convenience stores where they used to operate.
We the undersigned ask you to consider the following:
North Carolina lawmakers were asked on Tuesday, July 7, 2009 to legalize video poker again in North Carolina, two years after the Legislature enacted a complete ban that since been threatened by legal challenges.
A House judiciary panel debated but took no vote on the measure, which would make video gambling machines lawful again, require $200 annual fees and make operators pay 20 percent of the money in the machines to the state.
Half of that income -- estimated by the industry at $480 million -- would go to poor school districts, while the rest would give a needed boost to the state's empty revenue coffers.
"We want to remove this cloud from our industry," said Chase Brooks of Alamance County, a spokesman for the Entertainment Group of North Carolina and owner of dozens of machines that offer cash and prizes. "We want taxation. We want regulation. We want complete oversight over what we do."
North Carolina lawmakers could soon be left with no choice but to revisit the ban after a Superior Court judge in February ruled North Carolina couldn't prohibit video poker machines in much of the state while allowing the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians to operate the same games.
In West Virginia, where video poker and slot machines have been licensed for eight years, they generated $411 million in state revenue during the last fiscal year.
Legalizing machines again would also generate or save 35,000 jobs in the amusement machine industry, as well as at bars and convenience stores where they used to operate.
We, do hereby and respectfully petition the North Carolina Legislature not only to consider discussion on this issue but call this issue to the floors of both the house and senate for but for a timely vote for legalization.
Signera petitionenSignera petitionenNorth Carolina lawmakers were asked on Tuesday, July 7, 2009 to legalize video poker again in North Carolina, two years after the Legislature enacted a complete ban that since been threatened by legal challenges.
A House judiciary panel debated but took no vote on the measure, which would make video gambling machines lawful again, require $200 annual fees and make operators pay 20 percent of the money in the machines to the state.
Half of that income -- estimated by the industry at $480 million -- would go to poor school districts, while the rest would give a needed boost to the state's empty revenue coffers.
"We want to remove this cloud from our industry," said Chase Brooks of Alamance County, a spokesman for the Entertainment Group of North Carolina and owner of dozens of machines that offer cash and prizes. "We want taxation. We want regulation. We want complete oversight over what we do."
North Carolina lawmakers could soon be left with no choice but to revisit the ban after a Superior Court judge in February ruled North Carolina couldn't prohibit video poker machines in much of the state while allowing the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians to operate the same games.
In West Virginia, where video poker and slot machines have been licensed for eight years, they generated $411 million in state revenue during the last fiscal year.
Legalizing machines again would also generate or save 35,000 jobs in the amusement machine industry, as well as at bars and convenience stores where they used to operate.
We, do hereby and respectfully petition the North Carolina Legislature not only to consider discussion on this issue but call this issue to the floors of both the house and senate for but for a timely vote for legalization.
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