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Lottery Commission refuses integrity fee proposal in West Virginia

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7 years ago

October 5, 2018

Niji Narayan

Lottery Commission refuses integrity fee proposal in West Virginia

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The West Virginia Lottery Commission has rejected the proposal for an integrity fee for sports betting. The representatives of various sports leagues, including the National Basketball Association, Major League Baseball and the Professional Golfers’ Association, had submitted the proposal which included the suggestion for an integrity fee from sports betting.

The commission studied the proposal, analysed the legal points and put it in to a vote. All seven suggestions in the proposal, including the one about integrity fee, were rejected.

The commission said, “The Lottery declines to intervene between negotiations between private business entities.”

West Virginia Racing Association President John Cavacini, whose organisation represents the casinos, welcomed the commission’s decision.

“The state has no business negotiating a contract between two privately held, for-profit, companies,” he said after the commission’s vote.

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Niji Narayan

Niji Narayan has been in the writing industry for well over a decade or so. He prides himself as one of the few survivors left in the world who have actually mastered the impossible art of copy editing. Niji graduated in Physics and obtained his Master’s degree in Communication and Journalism. He has always interested in sports writing and travel writing. He has written for numerous websites and his in-depth analytical articles top sports magazines like Cricket Today and Sports Today. He reports gaming industry headlines from all around the globe.