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Article: Companys lottery machines up for now: ; Shutting off terminals would cost state retailers thousands
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- July 23, 2009
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Inside Lottery tops revenue estimate by $20 million /7A
With $1.2 million a month in state revenue at stake, hundreds of
video lottery terminals licensed to a Logan-based company accused of
illegal gambling will stay up and running for now.
The West Virginia Lottery Commission had planned to take action
Wednesday on whether to suspend Southern Amusement Co.'s license
after tabling the issue last month.
But after seeking legal advice from the attorney general's
office, commissioners said they chose to follow recommendations and
delay a decision while a criminal trial against a former state
delegate, Joe C. Ferrell, and his company is pending in federal
court.
"We should not take any ...