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Website Launch: Let Texans Decide

We are pleased to announce the launch of the Let Texans Decide website.  This website will serve as a portal for resources, outreach tools, and up-to-date information about the coalition’s efforts to finally give Texans the opportunity to vote on legalized gaming in Texas.

Let Texans Decide is a coalition of state business leaders, horsemen, community organizations, and Texas citizens who are fed up with watching $2.5 billion Texas dollars cross our border annually to Oklahoma, Louisiana, and New Mexico.  We are tired of the political wrangling in Austin that has stopped Texans from deciding once and for all the fate of legalized gaming in our great state.  Polls show that Texans across the political spectrum want the right to vote on this issue, and frankly, we think our citizens are smart enough to make this decision for the great State of Texas.

Casino gaming in Texas will create 750,000 new and permanent jobs, economic growth, and business development in industry sectors such as construction, agriculture, and manufacturing.  A majority of Texans – 64% in a recent poll – want to exercise their right to vote on the issue. It’s high time to urge our legislature to present the public with a sensible gaming proposal to vote on that stops the fleecing of Texas by Oklahoma and other neighboring states.