Posted on 11/27/2006 1:33:16 PM PST by kerrywearsbotox
A new poll, sponsored by the Mountaineer Race Track and Gaming Resort, shows that a majority of West Virginia residents support legalized "table gaming," including poker and blackjack throughout the state.
The survey indicated that 64.9 percent of state residents "favor" table gambling, while 42.1 percent are set against it. In Hancock County, where the state capital of Wheeling is located, 67 percent of residents are in favor of legalizing gambling, and 26 percent are now against it. Gene Koprowski, UPI
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107% response? What is this, Chicago? Did the schizophrenics vote twice?
You beat me to it.
I'll see your 107%, and raise another 1.5%.
>>In Hancock County, where the state capital of Wheeling is located, 67 percent of residents are in favor of legalizing gambling, and 26 percent are now against it.
Wheeling is NOT the state capital. The capital of West Virginia is Charleston, in Kanawha county. You would think that UPI would have a fact-checker to correct that.
you'd think they'd also fact check that Wheeling is in Ohio County not Hancock.
Since when did the media let simple things like the FACTS get in the way of a story.....
I'm from southern WV, so I missed that one. I can tell you what big cities are in Fayette county, though.
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