StopVideoPokerPA

Contact Your PA Legislators

• Send a letter to your legislators and Gov. Rendell now

Join the battle to stop thousands of Pennsylvania restaurants and taverns from becoming mini-casinos.

Fast-track legislation is before the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to allow every licensed restaurant and tavern to install video poker machines.

If the legislation is approved, thousands more gambling machines could be brought into neighborhood restaurants and taverns than are allowed in the state's slot machine parlors. That is a potential of 70,000 video poker machines in neighborhoods and communities across Pennsylvania.

The threat to our communities is real. Protect our communities from mini-casinos. Join our fight. Take action now.

What You Can Do

Join our fight. Send an email to your legislator and Gov. Rendell. Call their offices. Tell your friends, neighbors and colleagues at work.

• Send a letter to your legislators and Gov. Rendell now

This legislation is on the fast track! Gov. Ed Rendell has made it clear he wants this approved by July when the new state budget year begins. Rep. Dante Santoni (D-Berks), chair of the House Gaming Oversight Committee, is greasing the skids for quick consideration by the committee.

It's interesting he isn't scheduling a hearing in Philadelphia, the city with the most liquor licenses and restaurants. He needs to hold hearings all across Pennsylvania, and hear from everyone with a concern about this bad legislation.