[Mount Athos]

If Texans didn't have to take the bus, maybe a lot more Texans would gamble, and have their lives ruined by gambling.

[LibKill]

Won't fly. The largest part of Texas' population is within one or two hours of the Louisiana border. Texans will continue to gamble in Louisiana and feel virtuous because we don't have "that kind of thing" at home.

For the record: I am a Texan living in East Texas, I don't gamble (except for a Texas Lottery ticket a week) and don't care if we have casinos or not. I would not be interested in going to one.

[mtbopfuyn]

It's a pot of money Texas ought to have a piece of, gambling proponents say, to help pay for education

Oh, oh! Like when they promised the lottery would go into the education fund???

[yhwhsman]

help pay for education and other important services

Man do I ever get tired of the 'it's for the children' excuse. What I want to know is why gambling interests are so desperate to push casino's in states that don't have them. Here in NE they keep pushing it and pushing it--anybody have any facts that show that states that do have casino's have lower property taxes, better shools, etc..., because of the income from casino's? And that the states just don't shuffle the money around to make it look like they're benefitting from it.