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Are there gas stations around or sweepstakes business that still have slots? I like to "get my fix" a few times a , but dont want to drive 2 hours to harrahs. Thats a long drive back home after losing money .
No, they took them all out. People were leaving their kids in the car while they played slots all day. Small children and hot cars aren't a good combination, so...
Gambling is illegal in our state except for a couple cruises in Charleston if I'm not mistaken. Which is weird since we have the lottery. They don't want to take money from that.
I wonder if video poker games, which were removed from businesses in South Carolina in 2000, generated funds that went toward roads and education.
No. Almost none of the money generated by video poker went to the state, which is why they shut them down. Very few of them were "legal" in the sense the winnings were reported. Owners were suppose to write down the payouts in a book to turn in to the state. Most often wrote in smaller amounts, or no payouts at all, then reset the machines. That's why the state outlawed them, because they couldn't control them the way they wanted to.
Are there gas stations around or sweepstakes business that still have slots? I like to "get my fix" a few times a , but dont want to drive 2 hours to harrahs. Thats a long drive back home after losing money .
They're all over the place if you know the right people, some right in front of your face sometimes. The technology being used today to cover them up is pretty incredible!
Friend of mine's mother in law got addicted to those poker machines and lost all her money.
I knew people who could walk right up to the machine, win 100 bucks with a quarter, and I knew people who basically signed their paycheck and stuck it in the machine and walk out broke.
My Dad owned a bar for a short time in Greenwood, I never saw much of the addicted players there, and they made him some good money for the short time he was open. He made most of his investment I the bar back from the poker machines, and shut the bar down and invested in one in GA.
I knew people who could walk right up to the machine, win 100 bucks with a quarter, and I knew people who basically signed their paycheck and stuck it in the machine and walk out broke.
I saw a lot more of the latter. I wasn't overly sad to see them go, but I disagree with the government shutting them down. I never played them.. But they were good and bad. They caused a whole lot of properties to be leased. Older buildings that weren't suited for anything else. But they brought quite a bit of crime as well. It seemed like you heard about one being robbed twice a week.
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