Texas Gov. tells Lottery to stop exploring gambling expansion

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dallascowboyfan — Sat, 14 Nov 2015 10:37:09 GMT

I know whenever we drive to Texas on I35 south there's always a lot of Texas residents going to Winstar sometimes traffic is backed up on the off ramp with cars from Texas to Oklahoma.

Comment #7

Stack47 — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 01:02:40 GMT

The Red Mile, Keeneland, and Churchill Downs has slots.

Comment #6

Bleudog101 — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 00:18:27 GMT

Always see tons of KY tags @ Horseshoe Indiana; advertises itself as only 11 miles from downtown Louisville. These politicians here could care less about horse racing which they wanted racinos. Even Churchill Downs wants slot machines.

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Get paid — Thu, 12 Nov 2015 23:16:28 GMT

Greg please: You should see all the texas lic.plates at okc casinos.Millions of texas tax money going to oklahoma.

Comment #4

Stack47 — Thu, 12 Nov 2015 20:59:12 GMT

It was the same at the Michigan, Indiana, PA, New York, and West Virginia casinos before Ohio got casino gambling; parking lots full of Ohio license plates. Mountaineer Park and Wheeling Downs in West Virginia both saw their revenues drop when the Ohio casinos opened.

Comment #3

mikeintexas — Thu, 12 Nov 2015 19:51:21 GMT

They should take Abbott and any legislator who opposes gambling to the parking lots of the casinos in Louisiana and Oklahoma and have them count the Texas plates on the vehicles parked there. What should be mentioned is that it's bi-partisan opposition; sure, the Texas legislature is mostly Republican, but the main opposition to the lottery was voiced by Democrats, saying that it preys upon the minorities they represent in places like Houston. OTOH, many Republican legislators are far too heavil... [ More ]

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rcbbuckeye — Thu, 12 Nov 2015 17:49:16 GMT

Unfortunately, there is an anti-gambling/anti-lottery constituent in Texas. There are many state senators, and state representatives that would very much like to do away with the lottery, and they foolishly almost did so recently. Then they realized they were tossing away a billion dollars a year. Ooops. I would really like to see casinos in Texas, which would be great for the state. There are a lot of people that travel to OK and LA to casinos that would benefit Texas if we had them here. I don... [ More ]

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Todd — Thu, 12 Nov 2015 17:09:50 GMT

Commentary: It is silly the governor even made an issue of this, let alone wrote a letter about it to the committee. Why shouldn't Texas Lottery officials keep up-to-date on successful operations in other states? In fact, I believe they would be derelict of their duty if they did not.

There would be several hurdles to overcome if the Texas Lottery wanted to add new types of gambling, so it's not like their visit and exploration of different types of gambling would force any changes to happen,... [ More ]

Texas Gov. tells Lottery to stop exploring gambling expansion

Lottery Post — Thu, 12 Nov 2015 16:56:40 GMT

But he doesn't have the legal authority to force the Lottery to stop

Gov. Greg Abbott has told Texas lottery officials to stop efforts to explore the expansion of sports betting lottery games and other types of gambling that are prohibited under state law.

The Dallas Morning News reports Abbott told Texas Lottery Commission Chairman J. Winston Krause in a letter Monday that he does not want the agency to continue its exploration of the games that other states have launched. Abbott wrote th... [ More ]