Worcester County Wants Slots

The fraternal organizations in Worcester County have decided to plead their case to the County Commissioners at a public hearing held earlier this week. As they are currently the only county that does not allow slots at their fraternal organizations, they thought that they would plead their case to see if they could get the county to reconsider their stance.

There is a law that is looking to be voted in that would allow slots in Worcester County, and the organizations are asking the commissioners to approve of it, instead of opting out as they did years ago. They say that as the exemption that they used to not have slots is no longer valid, it would seem that they would now be able to bring them in.

The fraternal organizations like the fact that they would be able to give away more to charities than they are able to do now. With the additional income coming in from the slots, they are required to give at least half to charities, something they don’t mind doing. As the rest of the state allows slots and gambling, they think that it is high time that they were allowed it as well.

Several of the fraternal organizations say that they give away thousands each year to various charities and that this would enable them to give away more. They say that they would be able to do more good for others, as well as supporting programs, etc. that they would like to see at their lodges. They say that other counties’ organizations are able to give away millions, and that this would make a big difference to Worcester County if they were able to do the same.

They point out that they could always review them in 20 or so years to see if there was a problem, and then pull them if they found that there was. However, they don’t think that this would ever end up being an issue.






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