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Ohio Valley restaurant, bar owners want a piece of the sports betting action

By CASEY JUNKINS

The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register

Members of the new West Virginia Restaurant and Bar Association meet Monday. From left are T.J.’s Sports Garden of Wheeling owner T.J. Radevski, Prima Marina of Moundsville manager Matt Coffland, Generations Restaurant and Pub of Wheeling owner Mike Duplaga III, Jerry’s Bar of McMechen owner Jake Padlow and Figaretti’s of Wheeling owner Dino Figaretti.
(Intelligencer photo by Casey Junkins)

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.

Read the entire article: http://www.theintelligencer.net/news/top-headlines/2018/03/ohio-valley-restaurant-bar-owners-want-a-piece-of-the-sports-betting-action/

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