Virgin Atlantic Airways plans to start offering video gambling on board its flights this fall.

After the election, with public opinions steadfastly against video gambling, Hodges asked for a statewide referendum on the issue.

The state lottery and its retailers say that to compete with the private Indian-run casinos they must create better video gambling games.

Still, he said, "We're not going to jam it down their throats like the state did with video gambling."

In his budget, the governor proposed expanding video gambling to increase money aimed at educating the neediest children around the state.

In less than a decade, video gambling has transformed South Carolina's landscape.

The lottery retailers will surely spend millions to keep their cash cow, and the governors are likely to campaign for video gambling as well.

Part of the earnings from the video gambling would go to increase purses for horse racing.

Addiction is not the only drawback of video gambling.

This summer, half the parishes in Louisiana threw out video gambling from their bars, restaurants, and truck stops.