This excerpt is from the article you cited in GAMING NEWS.
Hmmmmmm.....let's put this in perspective. US citizens spend a disproportionate amount of time in casinos....gambling, partying, and being waited on. There aren't enough citizens to cater to their whims. So, we need foreign labor to pour their drinks and provide their food? Too many people playing, not enough left to do the work?
And just how does this differ from Nero fiddling while Rome burned?