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Lottery says gambling outlets should be accessible

August 28, 2008 @ 08:16 AM

The Associated Press

Herald-Dispatch.com

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The West Virginia Lottery Commission says establishments that offer limited video lottery should be accessible to the disabled.

Lottery attorney John Melton says retailers that sell scratch-off tickets and tickets for Lottery drawings have had to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act for more than a decade.

On Wednesday, the Lottery Commission voted to seek public comment on an amendment that would apply the regulation to video lottery outlets and other locations that offer Lottery products.
Violators would lose their limited video lottery licenses.

Patricia Pope, the former head of the West Virginia Amusement and Limited Video Lottery Association, says some establishments would have to make extensive renovations to comply.