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Video lottery upgrade debated
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Debate over the bombshell announcement that video lottery operators will need to replace or upgrade nearly 7,000 video slot machines in bars and clubs around the state dominated a lengthy, 21/2-hour Lottery Commission meeting Thursday.
IGT, the manufacturer of more than 6,800 of the 7,471 limited video lottery machines currently operating in the state, notified the Lottery Commission that it would be abandoning the computer protocol that allows those machines to communicate with the Lottery's central computer at the end of 2017.
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Video lottery upgrade debated
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Debate over the bombshell announcement that video lottery operators will need to replace or upgrade nearly 7,000 video slot machines in bars and clubs around the state dominated a lengthy, 21/2-hour Lottery Commission meeting Thursday.
IGT, the manufacturer of more than 6,800 of the 7,471 limited video lottery machines currently operating in the state, notified the Lottery Commission that it would be abandoning the computer protocol that allows those machines to communicate with the Lottery's central computer at the end of 2017.
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