Post by Logan on Mar 18, 2016 18:01:25 GMT -6
Misinformation and misunderstanding doomed several bills dealing with West Virginia’s gaming industry — including legislation to end state subsidies for greyhound racing at racetrack casinos, advocates said Thursday.
“I think lawmakers were sold a bill of goods with flimsy arguments,” said Carey Thiel, executive director of Grey2K USA, a national group looking to end greyhound racing for humane reasons.
Thiel said he believes greyhound owners and breeders confused legislators with misinformation, including estimates that the industry employs 1,700 people — or about three times the number cited in the Spectrum Gaming report on the industry prepared for the Legislature — and that as many as 3,000 greyhounds might have to be put down if racing ended in the state.
Thiel said that has not happened in other states that have ended greyhound racing, including Rhode Island, Iowa and Massachusetts.
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“I think lawmakers were sold a bill of goods with flimsy arguments,” said Carey Thiel, executive director of Grey2K USA, a national group looking to end greyhound racing for humane reasons.
Thiel said he believes greyhound owners and breeders confused legislators with misinformation, including estimates that the industry employs 1,700 people — or about three times the number cited in the Spectrum Gaming report on the industry prepared for the Legislature — and that as many as 3,000 greyhounds might have to be put down if racing ended in the state.
Thiel said that has not happened in other states that have ended greyhound racing, including Rhode Island, Iowa and Massachusetts.
See more at: www.wvgazettemail.com/news/20160317/bill-of-goods-doomed-wv-gaming-bills-advocates-say