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Old 02-26-2008, 01:25 PM
 
Location: San Antonio North
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Well there are three reservations in Texas. One near El Paso, Eagle Pass, and one north of Houston. More tribes of Texas are trying to get federal and state recognition.
Altogether there are about 120,000 Indians in Texas.
The problem with El Paso is LA and OK are closer for most Texans. Why should we follow other states leads and give the casinos to the Indians??? At least if on the riverwalk San Antonio would benefit. (as would Texas more than likely)
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Old 02-26-2008, 01:36 PM
 
Location: Texas
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I guess my first thought process is.. who cares who owns the casinos.. but then thinking about it.. we would have to drive to the reservation.. which is of course in BFE.. it would make better sense to have it in the middle of a town or on the outskirts? and build up something like Las Vegas or something else to that nature. Would definitly benefit the city and the state...
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Old 02-26-2008, 03:07 PM
 
Location: San Antonio North
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which is of course in BFE.. .

Lmao im loving it.
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Old 02-26-2008, 03:10 PM
 
Location: Texas
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Lmao im loving it.
Gotta love acronyms.. the dirty word sensor gets me here
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Old 02-26-2008, 03:18 PM
 
Location: Round Rock, TX
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I would certainly approve of casinos here and in Texas. They could help fund the school system which is a complete mess right now.
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Old 02-26-2008, 03:58 PM
 
Location: San Diego, CA
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I would certainly approve of casinos here and in Texas. They could help fund the school system which is a complete mess right now.
Wasn't the lottery supposed to do this? What happened?
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Old 02-26-2008, 04:12 PM
 
Location: San Antonio, TX
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Wasn't the lottery supposed to do this? What happened?
Errrr...talked about it way back in post #27:

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Why do we need casinos when we have Disney coming?!?

I am no big gambler, I don't play poker and I don't even buy lottery tickets. On the rare occassions that I get to Vegas, I allocate how much money I can afford to lose and if I hit that mark, I quit. However, I have to say I have been lucky as I usually walk away with more money that I started. But there is an old saying that Vegas wasn't built by people winning! Legalized gambling is very lucrative and yes, sometimes it brings unwanted consequences. Those unwanted consequences were very apparent when I used to travel to Vegas while in the USAF; but I have to give that city credit, they realized it was a problem and have transformed that city into a much more family-friendly place than what it used to be.

Many people like to gamble, and all Texas is doing is losing revenue when they go to places like Louisiana, Oklahoma and Nevada to do so. The argument that it will cause people to throw their money away is no more valid than liquor stores causing people to drink. All they are doing now is traveling to other locations to gamble, and Texas is missing out on a great opportunity.

A well-regulated gaming industry could bring a lot to Texas. The lottery is a joke, if it really brought as much money into our education system as it claims the NISD wouldn’t have to have passed over $1.9B in Bond Construction Programs since 1995. According to its web site, since 1997 all Texas Lottery proceeds have been transferred to the Foundation School Fund to support public education in our state. The Texas Lottery claims to have contributed more than $10B to the Foundation School Fund, and of that total, more than $1B was contributed in fiscal year 2007. Has anyone ever seen a breakout of what has been done with all that money? I haven’t…and to be honest I am suspect of those figures.

Keeping gaming revenues at home and stimulating job creation and investment in Texas would bring untold billions in new money to the Lone Star State, and would better fund Texas' public schools. Hell, we invented Texas Hold 'Em; but you can’t even play it here! That in itself is an indication that something just ain’t right…
Cheers! M2
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Old 02-26-2008, 04:21 PM
 
Location: San Diego, CA
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Errrr...talked about it way back in post #27:



Cheers! M2
Oops! I'll go back and read it.
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Old 02-26-2008, 11:40 PM
 
Location: Cali
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I still think Indian tribes running the casinos would be the best way. There are plenty of good areas in Texas for casinos. I know there is outside influence(namely LA and OK)that is trying to prevent casinos from opening in Texas.
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Old 03-17-2009, 09:54 PM
 
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We do need a casino here in san antonio we go to other casinosand theres alot of pepole we meet from san antonio and all other small towns we would have more jobs and more money coming in from other states all they can do is try it they will win and we have a change too win too
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