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Debate over West Virginia gaming law process4 October 2007CUMBERLAND, West Virginia -- As reported by the Cumberland Times: "Allegany County State's Attorney Michael Twigg has informed Allegany County Attorney William Rudd that he will 'not treat the enforcement laws relating to paper gaming or machines used to facilitate paper gaming any differently than the other laws of this state and county.' "Rudd said Tuesday in a two-page response to Twigg that the state's attorney's position 'appears to be contrary to the Attorney General's Office and your colleagues, and further appears to be inconsistent with your earlier opinion rendered in this matter on July 6, 2007.' "The conflict over paper gaming surfaced when Rudd sent a recent letter to Twigg, asserting that only Twigg could, and should, determine if paper gaming machines constitute slot machines in Allegany County. He said Twigg was putting the county in an 'untenable position' by his 'reluctance to deal with this issue.' "...Twigg contends that the county's gaming office should determine whether to issue a paper gaming license. Three new applications have been made to the county for paper gaming machines. A paper gaming license was issued in July by the county gaming office after Twigg concluded that the first application appeared to comply with all specifications under the Annotated Code of Maryland..." |