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As reported by the West Virginia Herald-Dispatch: "The debate over whether table gambling should be allowed at West Virginia's four racetracks might come down to who gets to vote on the decision, a group of panelists said Thursday. "The panel discussion was part of a legislative lookahead forum sponsored by the Associated Press at Marshall University's Graduate College campus in South Charleston. ".Racetrack officials will make another push during the 60-day legislative session, which begins Wednesday, to allow the four racetrack counties -- Jefferson, Kanawha, Hancock and Ohio -- to have local referenda on the table gambling issue. ".[Rev. Dennis] Sparks, a staunch opponent of gambling expansion in West Virginia as well as the state's reliance on lottery revenues, said any vote on table gambling must be conducted statewide. ".Ted Arneault, president of MTR Gaming Group Inc., which runs the Mountaineer Race Track and Gaming Resort in Hancock County, claimed that provisions in the state constitution would make a statewide vote nearly impossible."