[BillKneer]

We can fight to get Conservatives elected but we can never again turn to sleep or they will do as they always do..They will turn again to there self-serving interest and we the people pay..

[winston65]

I agree that casino gambling will not pay off, it’s a bad call. I wish the article could have also contained a move to eliminate the state lottery. Texas Lotto like all other lotteries has always been a sucker bet, designed not to pay out.

[OldSmaj]

We do not want any expansion whatsoever of gambling in Texas because the net loss to communities outweighed the benefits 3 to 1!

Please be so kind as to provide some supporting documentation and/or links that would tend to prove that statement.

[pnh102]

This is silly. Legalized gambling provides new jobs for an economy that desparately needs them. Besides, what better way is there to get people who would otherwise pay no taxes to pay for their fair share of the cost of government?

Consider the lottery. Most lottery sales take place in the poorest of communities. This is pretty much free money for the government and less money that would need to be taken from higher income taxpayers.

Also consider that people will gamble anyway, in the case of Maryland, many people here who wanted to gamble would go to neighboring states to do it. If they're gonna gamble, why not keep that money in your home state instead?

[deport]

We do not want any expansion whatsoever of gambling in Texas because the net loss to communities outweighed the benefits 3 to 1!

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Shuffle up and deal............

[isthisnickcool]

A few casinos in Galveston would be a swell idea...

[SC_Pete]

1. Gaming is not economic development—it’s revenue development for politicians who want more money to buy votes.

2. The few jobs that gaming creates are low-paying, no-benefit jobs: dealers, bartenders, and cocktail waitresses, pawn shops, liquor stores, check cashing, pot shops, slum motels.

3. Gaming is a giant suction pump that removes cash from the local economy and pipes it elsewhere.

4. Gaming attracts the homeless, drunks, prostitutes, drugs, gangs and promotes every form of illegal behavior including rape, murder, armed robbery, drug trafficing, prostitution, human trafficing, and car theft.

5. Gaming does not stimulate ANY spinoff development in the area, since ALL economic activity is conducted inside the walls of the casinos: retail, restaurants, gift shops, entertainment—EVERYTHING. The streets become dingy, dirty and the storefronts become liquor stores and pawn shops.

6. Gaming enriches politicians and the worst elelments of society.

7. My objection is strictly on a cost/benefit, economic basis: GAMING IS NOT WORTH THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS!!!