The Senate has yet to release its two-year budget plan for the fiscal year beginning July 1. The House-passed budget included no mention of casinos. The analysis was commissioned by Greater Carolina, a nonprofit political education organization that bills itself as a coalition of “forward thinking, pro-free market conservative leaders.” It was released in late March. The Catawba Two Kings Casino is located in House Speaker Tim Moore’s district. Senate leader Phil Berger represents Rockingham County. It found that gross gaming revenue from those three casinos, if they were the only expansion of gambling in the state, would exceed $1.6 billion on an annual basis. I’d be willing to have that conversation with somebody.”Ī recent analysis of gambling in North Carolina studied the impact of three standalone casinos in Anson, Nash and Rockingham counties. Jim Perry, a Republican from Lenoir County. “I’ve heard folks talk about it for years in Eastern North Carolina: Why is there just a casino in the western part of the state?” said Sen.

There are three casinos in North Carolina, two Eastern Band of Cherokee Indian casinos located in the far-western part of the state and a Catawba Indian casino on Interstate 85 near the South Carolina border. Jason Saine, a Lincoln County Republican, told WRAL on Friday. “I keep hearing from them that they want to take up VLTs and potential sites in Eastern North Carolina for casinos,” Rep.

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