The gamblers thought it was an empty threat. Politicians talked about the casinos, of course, as sure as they talked about corruption and alcoholism. It didn't mean that vice was going anywhere.
But on Tuesday night, finally and anticlimactically, the games drew to an end -- a last spin of the roulette; the final blackjack hand; one more jangle at the slots.
Dang, too bad this is not Pennsylvania, but Russia. And I'll bet their casinos aren't even ugly like ours.
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Good ol' Will. Advocating for us to be more like the Ruskies.
You can thank your Democrat party for this one, bunch. This steaming pile of dung is courtesy of Democrat Governor Comcast. More urban blight brought to you by the party that cares about the cities.
Thank you for directing attention to this very interesting story. It's instructive because it points up the difference between destination casinos and convenience gambling. Destination casinos are in Vegas and A.C. and the islands -- and people go for an average of 3 nights a couple of times a year and they lose their money and go home. In contrast, the slot parlors proposed for Philly are designed to create a market right here in the neighborhoods. If built, Foxwoods and SugarHouse would want you to gamble on your way home from work on even during your lunch hour. Research concludes (and the industry agrees) that the #1 risk factor for gambling addiction is proximity. So, Russia recognizes this. The Kremlin is not banning casinos; they are simply restricting them to parts of the country that are out-of-the-way. In other words, they are eliminating convenience gambling but allowing destination casinos. Thanks again for this post.
Typical arrogant cons. No way another country could figure out something before amurica! No way! amurica leads the way! BTW - Bill, take some time, aned review the voting records on legalizing gambling. I know you live by your Jelly Bean King's mantra that "facts are stupid things", but you come across as a clueless shill. Legalized gambling is a bipartisan effort.
Nice try LJL, but your Governor, Fat Ed Comcast, would put slot machines in toilets and call it riverboat gambling if he could. Gambling is Governor Post Game Show's answer to everything. This is how you Democrats show you care about the cities. Sad.
Or as ugly as the old rat trap was at Shackamaxon and DE Ave; to be replaced by SugarHouse.
Do you notice that "Mr. Attywood" does not respond to comments? Free to write, he ignores responeses. "Atta-way" to go. Happily, your opinions are being ignored as SugarHouse moves forward.
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