California welfare recipients withdrew $1.8 million at casino ATMs over eight months

Thursday, June 24, 2010 - 23:56 in Mathematics & Economics

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger issues an executive order requiring recipients to promise they will use cash benefits only to meet basic subsistence needs. GOP legislators call for the cash to be returned. California welfare recipients using state-issued debit cards withdrew more than $1.8 million in taxpayer cash on casino floors between October 2009 and last month, state officials said Thursday.

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