By CASEY JUNKINS
The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register
WHEELING, W.Va. — West Virginia bar owners want a piece of the sports betting action, as they do not believe facilities such as Wheeling Island Hotel-Casino-Racetrack and Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack & Resort should “monopolize” the business.
“We are a group of restaurant and bar owners who are tired of getting slaughtered by out-of-state corporations,” said Jake Padlow, who serves as vice president of the new West Virginia Restaurant and Bar Association.
“Why should (racetracks) get to monopolize it? If our legislators can’t trust local businesses, but they can trust these out-of-state corporations, that says a lot,” Padlow, owner of Jerry’s Bar in McMechen, added.
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