No sure bets as tribes, state revisit casino pacts

Sac Bee ^ | 12/22/02 | Steve Weigand

[NormsRevenge]

There is a German phrase Dave Rosenberg uses when describing the task he faces in early 2003.

Rosenberg is a Yolo County supervisor who also happens to be Gov. Gray Davis' point man in negotiating with California's Indian tribes about casino gambling.

[NormsRevenge]

Does anyone have a state by state breakdown on casino revenue ..

I know Minnesota is lookin' at a 4 billion dollar plus deficit and has quite a few casinos.

34 or is it 36 states have some form of legalized gambling..

Is this the next "Golden Goose" for states to hook their claws into?

[DumpsterDiver]

Does anyone have a state by state breakdown on casino revenue ..

I don't.

Is this the next "Golden Goose" for states to hook their claws into?

It looks like that's what California is going to attempt to do.

[Paulus Invictus]

The biggest scam ever perpetrated on the nation is the gambling craze everywhere. If gambling and especially the many state-run lotteries are so beneficial, why are taxes increasing in every state, including Nevada, the
# 1 gambling state in the nation? The recent Time mag article about indian casinos was a devastating look at how they are ruining the tribes both when they are successful and when they aren't.

[onedoug]

Gamblin' Indians. Drunk Indians. The odds are with the house. There's a sure bet.