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Calhoun County has sixteen "gray" poker machines, according to a
report issued by
Gov. Bob Wise, who requested police make a study. The initial report
says there are
over 12,000 of the gambling devices in West Virginia.
Government and police have generally ignored the gray machines for
many years,
because they fall into a "gray" area of enforcement. State Senate
President Earl Ray
Tomblyn and his family have been described among the largest operators
of the
machines, until they sold their interests.
Governor Wise wants to tax the machines making them legal to generate
money for
college bound West Virginia children, or make them illegal
instruments, with millions
of dollars of revenue at stake.
The list of machines for Roane 17, Gilmer 24, Clay 24 and Wirt 7.
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