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IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of Supporting )
Assembly Bill 1717 ) Resolution No.85/313
WHEREAS, Assembly Bill 1717 has been introduced to
expressly outlaw the use of video lottery machines in
California; and
WHEREAS, The video lottery machine operates in a
similar fashion to the traditional slot machine and looks
like a typical arcade-type video game, thus openly enticing
young people to wager their funds; and
WHEREAS, Advertisements promoting video lottery
machines point out that this electronic "game" will appeal
to the younger generation, a "market" that otherwise would
under-participate in existing lottery games; and
WHEREAS, Of the 19 states which operate lotteries, only
one of these states -- Nebraska -- currently permits the use
of video lottery machines; and
WHEREAS, The state of Illinois allowed video lottery
machines to be used on an experimental basis until recently,
when the scheme was ended; and
WHEREAS, Less than one-tenth of one percent of the $1.7
billion expected in first year California sales would come
from video lottery machines (based on play in the recently
suspended video lottery sales in the Illinois experiments ) ;
and
WHEREAS, Attorney General John Van de Kamp, the Los
Angeles County District Attorney, Ira Reiner, and every
major law enforcement group in California, including the
California Police Chiefs Association the California Peace
Officers Association, the California State Sheriffs
Association, and the State Coalition of Probation
Organizations, support AB 1717 ;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of
Supervisors of the County of Contra Costa, California,
hereby supports the passage of AB 1717.
PASSED AND ADOPTED on June 11, 1985, by unanimous vote
of the Board members present.
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and
correct copy of a resolution entered in the minutes of the
Board of Supervisors on the date aforesaid.
Witness my hand and the seal of the
Board of Supervisors affixed this
eleventh day of June, 1985
Attested: Phil Batchelor, Clerk of
the Board of Supervisors and County
Administrator.
By Deputy Clerk
Introduced by
Superviso Nancy C. Fanden
District II