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Two northern West Virginia counties with sluggish economies and strong cross-border competition for gamblers could vote early this summer on whether to allow poker, blackjack and other table games at racetrack casinos.
Ohio County is working with Wheeling Island Racetrack & Gaming Center to hold a special election by June 20, while Mountaineer Racetrack & Gaming Resort is aiming for a vote in Hancock County sometime after June 9.
Both tracks are in the Northern Panhandle, where thousands of steel jobs have been lost and little new industry is moving in. At the same time, the tracks are preparing to lose customers to the 61,000 slot machines coming online in Pennsylvania.
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