Spurred by a newspaper's report that California's welfare debit cards can be used to withdraw cash in more than half the casinos in the state, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday issued an immediate ban on state-provided cash assistance at ATMs in gambling establishments.
The Los Angeles Times disclosed that Electronic Benefit Transfer cards work in automated teller machines at 32 of 58 tribal casinos and 47 of 90 state-licensed poker rooms. The report also found the state Department of Social Services published a list of useable ATMs where the EBT cards that work like debit cards could be cashed.
That list included the addresses of two Coachella Valley casinos — Spotlight 29 Casino, 46-200 Harrison St., Coachella, and Morongo Casino Resort & Spa, 49-500 Seminole Drive, Cabazon.
“I will use every available power I have to protect taxpayers from waste, fraud and abuse in government,'' Schwarzenegger said.
Except of course, resign and get the rest of the criminals in California to follow suit. That's what this state really needs...
Is it November yet????
-LTB
Gosh, this is really going to hurt the casinos income. who do you think does most of the gambling in this state? People trying to buy their way out of proverty.
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