Developers are planning to put a casino in the Midlands as soon as it is legal to do so.
Right now, the state is the only entity profiting from gaming through the lottery, State Rep Todd Rutherford says it’s time that changed:
“This isn’t about gaming; this is simply about freedom. Right now, people pack up on their church buses and they go up to Cherokee, North Carolina, to the casino, they spend their money. South Carolina gets no benefit from that.”
The I-95 Economic and Education stimulus act could legalize South Carolina’s first casino. The push comes as a private company, Santee Development Corporation, has already drawn up the plans, and bought the land along Interstate 95.
