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Jump to full article: Charleston (WV) Gazette, 2008-08-18
Author: Eric Eyre Staff writer
Intro: Kanawha-Charleston Board of Health members overstepped their authority when they enacted a countywide smoking ban in bars and gambling parlors, a decision that has led to a decline in state revenue from video lottery poker machines, according to a statewide group that represents the businesses.
The West Virginia Association of Club Owners & Fraternal Services is urging Kanawha County bar and gambling parlor owners to file insurance claims against the Health Department, if they can prove their profits have dropped since the expanded smoking ban took effect July 1.
The amount of money bar and gambling parlor patrons pumped into the poker machines dropped by $1.2 million from June to July in Kanawha County - a 9 percent decrease, according to state Lottery Commission data.
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