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Old 09-06-2012, 04:53 PM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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Gambling is designed to prey on people with disorders. Sure, 95% of the people will not have a problem with going in and playing the games every now and then, but the institutions count on the people who cannot stop themselves from throwing away every penny they can find. It wrecks lives/homes and the people associated with them. I know people that work in the 'online gambling' industry (i.e. any online game you can incrementally 'buy' and 'spend' currency in), and they are constantly fishing for better ways to hook OCD people that just can't stop themselves.

Sure, you can gamble in LA or NV, or a few other places, but I do not want to make the argument "they are just going to get mugged eventually, why don't we mug them ourselves?". If gambling is remote and not immediately accessible, many people that may be prone to obsessive gambling will never find that out and will go on happily. If you have a casino every 50 miles, they will pretty much catch everyone they can. That is why the industry wants a bigger foothold in TX, so they can get more whales.
Exactly...
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Old 09-06-2012, 05:32 PM
 
Location: Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas
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I thought Texans were supposedly pro-free market and live and let live. Judging by this thread, it doesn't appear so.
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Old 09-10-2012, 12:52 AM
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Location: Fort Worth
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Out of respect for Louisiana and Oklahoma, I really don't think Texas should EVER have casinos or legalized gambling.

(Even if Oklahoma is doing much better than several other states.....Cannot say the same about LA.)
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Old 09-10-2012, 07:43 AM
 
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
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Rick Perry has basically been bought off by the casinos in Lousiana and Oklahoma to not build casinos in Texas
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Old 09-11-2012, 07:00 AM
 
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I thought Texans were supposedly pro-free market and live and let live. Judging by this thread, it doesn't appear so.
That's exactly my point with this thread
ALL THE TIME.... I hear about people from other states saying "Texas, the land of small government"
And I'm left wondering what the h... they are talking about, when we can't even have a casino.
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Old 09-12-2012, 01:36 AM
 
Location: Austin
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Actually the only casino in Texas right now is expanding and with that they are also building a new 7 story hotel adjacent to the casino.

American Casino Guide
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Old 09-12-2012, 08:21 PM
 
Location: Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas
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That's exactly my point with this thread
ALL THE TIME.... I hear about people from other states saying "Texas, the land of small government"
And I'm left wondering what the h... they are talking about, when we can't even have a casino.
Exactly.
Texans only want government to stay out of business affairs and gun ownership.
When it comes to moral and cultural issues, most Texans want a large government that can enforce moral standards.
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Old 09-12-2012, 10:00 PM
 
Location: Austin, Texas
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Exactly.
Texans only want government to stay out of business affairs and gun ownership.
When it comes to moral and cultural issues, most Texans want a large government that can enforce moral standards.
Exactly.
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Old 09-13-2012, 12:20 AM
 
Location: Richardson, TX
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Exactly.
Texans only want government to stay out of business affairs and gun ownership.
When it comes to moral and cultural issues, most Texans want a large government that can enforce moral standards.
As long as they are my moral standards.
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Old 09-13-2012, 11:52 AM
 
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Actually the only casino in Texas right now is expanding and with that they are also building a new 7 story hotel adjacent to the casino.

American Casino Guide
I think I put it on the first page, that Republican senator John Cornyn tried to close that casino, but he was unable to do it (some loophole)
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