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View Poll Results: Do you want legalize casino gaming in Texas?
Yes 19 59.38%
Maybe 4 12.50%
No 3 9.38%
Hell NO! 6 18.75%
Voters: 32. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 03-28-2007, 09:50 AM
 
Location: 10th Island
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Here's the link to the full story: http://sanantonio.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/stories/2007/03/26/story2.html?b=1174881600^1436439
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Old 03-28-2007, 01:16 PM
 
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*You see people on the corners here selling every last thing they own, just to get enough money to get back home because they lost EVERYTHING! They sell their cd's, sun glasses, clothes or whatever measley valuable they have left just to try to get enough money to get out of town.
So with the casino comes bargain shopping on every street corner? Hmmm....

Why hasn't Ebay cornered this market yet?
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Old 03-28-2007, 01:25 PM
 
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Legalize it but keep it sanctioned on the reservations. Keep Texas values alive and well.
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Old 03-28-2007, 01:47 PM
 
Location: Johns Island, SC
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Default Really bad idea!!!

In my opinion...

Gambling is very destructive and while people like to think it is just another form of entertainment many people do it for the wrong reasons. I have seen it destroy many lives and families. Back in WA the local communities continue to suffer the consequences (crime, poverty, divorce rates,etc..) of legalizing casinos and slot machines.

Unfortunately casinos attract the less than fortunate just as much as the wealthy and the illusion that you can "get lucky" and win a lot of money is the death trap many people fall in. Even for those people who have an endless amount of disposable income to waste on it you think they would find something better to do with their time and money.

No amount of revenue earned from local casinos to support education needs could balance out the huge negative impact it will have on the social destruction that comes with it.
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Old 03-28-2007, 01:59 PM
 
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Does Eagle Pass count as a casino? Texas treasure as well?
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Old 03-28-2007, 02:49 PM
 
Location: Johns Island, SC
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Legalize it but keep it sanctioned on the reservations. Keep Texas values alive and well.
This idea won't last, that is how it all got started in WA. The revenue created by the casinos outweighed the penalties for operating illegal casinos/slots so everyone else jumped into business.
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Old 03-28-2007, 03:06 PM
 
Location: San Antonio
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Although I completely understand where everyone is coming from in regards to keeping the money in Texas and not having to travel so far to have some entertainment etc...let me clue you in a bit:
I live about 90 miles south/southeast of Las Vegas. The town I live in s Bullhead City, Arizona which borders Laughlin, Nevada. Some of you may know this place.
Although it seems great to have casinos at your finger tips etc, trust me when I say life as you know it will slowly but surely deteriorate. I have lived here 19 years. The people here care for one thing and one thing ONLY....THEMSELVES!
*You see people on the corners here selling every last thing they own, just to get enough money to get back home because they lost EVERYTHING! They sell their cd's, sun glasses, clothes or whatever measley valuable they have left just to try to get enough money to get out of town.
*The suicide rate is unimaginable! You will NEVER hear about it though...can't let other tourists know that Joe Smith just jumped out of his balcony window because he lost ever last dollar he has and cannot make his mortgage payment....again! This is a constant happening, but NEVER EVER published ANYWHERE! Another note on this (kind of off topic, but intresting)...NO ONE ever actually DIES in a casino, so to speak (if at all possible), especially here in Laughlin. If someone has a hear attack or?? they are treated as still living and pronounced "dead" at the hospital because the Clark Country Coroner is in Las Vegas and will take at least 2 hours to get to laughlin and that's only if he jumps in his car right then!
*Drugs, burglary other crimes. Again, you will very rarely if ever here about this stuff. You have to understand...where there are casinos it is a 24 hour town. Casino life is 24 hours a day 7 days a week 365 days per year. This poses for a very large methamphetamine rate! For years our small community was the meth capital of the USA! However, now meth is more wide spread. Burglaries, thefts, prostitution very prevalent when you add gambling to ANY community! Gambling addiction is a very big problem and is the gateway to many many crimes.
*The divorce rate is EXTREMELY horrible because the wife/husband has a gambling problem. I cannot begin to tell you how many divorces I have seen because of problem gambling. It's is so sad! you will see someone get off work, sit down at a machine and put their entire days tips into the machines, go to the payroll dept get a draw on their check and put it in the machine as well. Come payday, they cannot make there rent/mortgage, because they only have $50 left on their check. So, they take what little they DO have and drop it in the machines trying to "chase" their money. Of course it never works because if you need to the money you will always lose. Casinos are not in business because people always win. It is a VERY exteremely RARE occurance for someone to actually come out ahead in the casinos. Even if you hit that jackpot, how much over the years have you put in those machines? You never really come out ahead
** Overall morals, values and logic cease to exist around casinos! This is the first place I have ever lived where people are so cut throat, manipulative, corrupt and deceitful! You DO NOT TRUST ANYBODY! There are plenty of people around here that could vouch for what I am saying here.
Like I said, I understand everyone' philosophy of wanting casinos, but believe me, it is not what it is cracked up to be. Texas is a GREAT STATE, people have good values, for the most part (of course every state has it's problems etc). Some of the effects I am talking about may not happen immediately, but they WILL happen in time.
This is NOT a family friendly lifestyle here. I have 4 kids and we are doing whatever it takes right now to get out of here and get to Texas. We have already wasted too much time here and let our kids grow up here far too long.
PLEASE TEXAS, RETHINK YOUR STAND ON PERMITTING CASINOS!
I must say, I totally agree. Gambling destroys lives. I've seen it first hand. Is it honestly worth it to try to lower the quality of people's lives? BIG mistake.
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Old 03-28-2007, 09:52 PM
 
Location: Western Bexar County
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Does Eagle Pass count as a casino? Texas treasure as well?
The Kickapoo casino near Eagle Pass is a casino; however, the machines do not pay out cash, just receipts. The Texas Star does not "operate" in Texas waters, but does operate 12 miles out in international waters.
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Old 03-29-2007, 12:04 AM
 
Location: Anywhere but here!
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The Kickapoo casino near Eagle Pass is a casino; however, the machines do not pay out cash, just receipts. The Texas Star does not "operate" in Texas waters, but does operate 12 miles out in international waters.
Almost all of the casinos (big and small) in Nevada are going to the tickets rather than paying out cash. They have all been changing the coin drops for ticket machines...Most of the casinos have done away with change people and only have (overworked) floor people running the show. They have already cut a lot of the jobs just by eliminating this one position...
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Old 03-29-2007, 11:03 AM
 
Location: Cali
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Texas should have casinos but they should be strictly regulated and run by the states Indian tribes. There are many great areas in the state where casinos would do good.

The bottom line is Texans are gambling in NV, LA, NM, and OK. They might as well be able to play "Texas Hold em" in their own state.
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